Last month, the government confirmed it would introduce a mandatory reporting duty for those working with children to report sexual abuse as part of the Crime and Policing Bill.

Criminal sanctions will be introduced for both the concealment of, and failure to report, child sexual abuse.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has also promised to make grooming an aggravated factor in the sentencing of abuse cases and "overhaul" how information and evidence on child sexual abuse is gathered.

The long wait for the IICSA recommendations to be implemented was thrown into the spotlight in January after tech billionaire Elon Musk attacked the government online in relation to child grooming.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer accused him and others of "spreading lies and misinformation", but weeks later the Home Office announced a nationwide review of grooming gang evidence and five government-backed local inquiries.

At the time Cooper said the government would lay out a timetable by Easter for implementing the recommendations in the final report.

The row between Mr Musk and Sir Keir centred on high-profile cases where groups of men - mainly of Pakistani descent - were convicted of sexually abusing and raping predominantly young white girls in towns such as Rotherham and Rochdale.

Before leading the national inquiry Prof Jay published a report into abuse in Rotherham in 2014, which estimated 1,400 girls had been abused in the Yorkshire town.