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| Rotherham officials face Home Affairs Select Committee | |
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| Senior figures at Rotherham Council and South Yorkshire Police are being questioned by MPs about how the authorities handled child abuse. | |
| It follows a report which found at least 1,400 children had been sexually exploited in Rotherham from 1997-2013. | It follows a report which found at least 1,400 children had been sexually exploited in Rotherham from 1997-2013. |
| The Home Affairs Select Committee will ask Shaun Wright, the ex-councillor who headed children's services how the abuse went "unchallenged for so long". | |
| Mr Wright has resisted calls to resign as police and crime commissioner. | Mr Wright has resisted calls to resign as police and crime commissioner. |
| The committee will also hear evidence from South Yorkshire's chief constable David Crompton, former chief constable Meredydd Hughes, senior Rotherham Council official Joyce Thacker and NSPCC chief executive Peter Wanless, who is leading a review into the Home Office's handling of abuse allegations. | The committee will also hear evidence from South Yorkshire's chief constable David Crompton, former chief constable Meredydd Hughes, senior Rotherham Council official Joyce Thacker and NSPCC chief executive Peter Wanless, who is leading a review into the Home Office's handling of abuse allegations. |
| 'Deeply troubling' | 'Deeply troubling' |
| Mr Wright, Mr Crompton and Ms Thacker previously gave evidence to the committee in 2012, when Rotherham Council and South Yorkshire Police were criticised for their handling of child sexual exploitation. | Mr Wright, Mr Crompton and Ms Thacker previously gave evidence to the committee in 2012, when Rotherham Council and South Yorkshire Police were criticised for their handling of child sexual exploitation. |
| Professor Alexis Jay's report outlined how children had been subjected to trafficking, rape and other sexual exploitation over a 16-year period and how their abuse had been ignored by a range of agencies, including police, councillors and council officials. | Professor Alexis Jay's report outlined how children had been subjected to trafficking, rape and other sexual exploitation over a 16-year period and how their abuse had been ignored by a range of agencies, including police, councillors and council officials. |
| Committee chairman Keith Vaz said: "The revelations from the independent inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham are deeply troubling. | Committee chairman Keith Vaz said: "The revelations from the independent inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham are deeply troubling. |
| "The committee will be questioning those in positions of authority at the time that these offences were being committed on how the sexual exploitation of children on a horrifying scale was allowed to go unchallenged for so long." | "The committee will be questioning those in positions of authority at the time that these offences were being committed on how the sexual exploitation of children on a horrifying scale was allowed to go unchallenged for so long." |