GMP faces probe into handling of inquiry into child sexual abuse cases

Greater Manchester Police's handling of a review into historic child sexual abuse will be investigated, it has been announced.

A series of reviews into how authorities handled historic childsexual exploitation (CSE) have been published — examining how teams in Manchester, Oldham, and Rochdale protected vulnerable children from abuse.

The final element - part four - of the CSE review will see every Greater Manchester council assessed on ‘the progress that has been made to date in terms of responses to CSE and identify priority areas for further improvement’.

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Deputy Greater Manchester mayor Kate Green has today (July 12) announced GMP will now be probed as part of that process by the same body which placed the force in special measures in 2020.

She told a meeting in Salford: “Following the publication of the part three review, the mayor and I have become very aware of public concern of CSE in Greater Manchester.

“In light of that, the mayor and I formed the view that the part four report needed to be more comprehensive. We therefore have approached HMICFRS [His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services] to conduct a review into procedures of GMP. We expect this report from HMICFRS will produce areas of improvement and action. We are now in the process of commissioning a HMICFRS review.”

The deputy mayor also said that the ‘arrangement will provide... public reassurance we deserve and need’. Mayor Andy Burnham added: “I would want to echo this is the redoubling of our determination in completing this process.

“This is a significant strengthening of our part four arrangement because of the lead