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76 76  >¹ //The West Midlands report explicitly states 79% Asian, 12% white, 5% African-Caribbean, leaving ~~4% unaccounted; those may be of unknown ethnicity.//
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78 -These examples underscore both the over-representation of Asian (particularly Pakistani-heritage) suspects in many group grooming cases and the need for more robust data across all regions. Improved ethnic monitoring is now being introduced – in fact, one of Baroness Casey’s key recommendations in 2025 was to **mandate the collection of ethnicity and nationality data for all suspects in grooming cases**, a proposal the government accepted. Accurate data will help ensure frank discussion is based on facts, not bias or political spin. This is also not even a new phenomenon, there is evidence of this same kind of targeted sexual  abuse against British schoolgirls as far back as the 70s.{{footnote}}Bartholomew's Notes https://barthsnotes.com/2018/10/24/a-note-on-a-1975-grooming-case-from-rotherham/{{/footnote}} [[image:https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/estuary/content?id=file-WHvE1gKqbdV5a6QGcrEN3r&ts=487891&p=fs&cid=1&sig=15e9f51a1026155a4650fdc854be0023ff76484cad2201b14c8fb2d5f6d2cf31||alt="Uploaded image"]]
78 +These examples underscore both the over-representation of Asian (particularly Pakistani-heritage) suspects in many group grooming cases and the need for more robust data across all regions. Improved ethnic monitoring is now being introduced – in fact, one of Baroness Casey’s key recommendations in 2025 was to **mandate the collection of ethnicity and nationality data for all suspects in grooming cases**, a proposal the government accepted. Accurate data will help ensure frank discussion is based on facts, not bias or political spin. This is also not even a new phenomenon, there is evidence of this same kind of targeted sexual  abuse against British schoolgirls as far back as the 70s.{{footnote}}Bartholomew's Notes https://barthsnotes.com/2018/10/24/a-note-on-a-1975-grooming-case-from-rotherham/{{/footnote}} [[image:content||alt="Uploaded image" data-xwiki-image-style="thumbnail-clickable" width="200"]]
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80 80  == Responses and Investigations ==
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