Files may never be found says MP

THE HOME Office knows where its child abuse files are but might never release them,  campaigning MP,  John Mann,  has warned...

"The Labour MP for Bassetlaw says he knows of further alleged paedophiles linked to the London guest home at the centre of Operation Fernbridge, in which the police are investigating claims of abuse by politicians civil servants and judges..."

"Earlier this week Rotherham report author Prof jay said she herself had been denied council minutes from a four year period covering the late 1990s and early 2000s because the council had apparently lost the minutes of key meetings."

"I think these files still exist, I think there are people in the Home Office who know where they are and what has been removed from where."..

"Mr Wanless is looking at how the Home Office handled allegations of child sex abuse that were set out in a dossier in the 1980s by former Conservative MP Geoff Dickens, and how police and prosecutors handled information given to them."

"At the conclusion of this Mr Wanless will look at the Rotherham files. It is thought the Home Office will publish an update on the Wanless inquiry by November." (Yorkshire Post)
 
"There is another problem: Peter Wanless, CEO of the NSPCC, has too many connections with the establishment to be considered an independent reviewer of historical child sex abuse." See the extract from Wikipedia:After joining the Civil Service, he held a variety of posts at the HM Treasury, including Head of Private Finance Policy, and Principal Private Secretary to three Cabinet Ministers including Michael Portillo, both when Portillo was Chief Secretary to the Treasury and later as Secretary of State for Employment. Wanless later held senior positions within the Department for Education and Skills and its successor then including Director of School Performance and Reform and Director of Strategy and Communications.

Wanless was CEO of the Big Lottery Fund between February 2008 and May 2013 when he was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC). He is a non-executive director of The Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT), which operates academy schools in South East England.

In July 2014, Home Secretary Theresa May announced that he would be leading a review into historical sex abuse claims.



See http://alicemooreuk.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/westminster-child-abuse-inquiry.html