Home Office Minister Jess Phillips has apologised to MPs for a delay to the publication of a report on grooming gangs.
In January, the government asked Baroness Louise Casey to lead a "rapid" three-month audit into the data and evidence on the nature and scale of group-based child sexual abuse.
Speaking in the House of Commons on Monday, Conservative frontbencher Katie Lam said Baroness Casey's review, along with a framework for local grooming gang inquiries, had been due for publication in May and asked for an updated timeline.
Phillips told MPs she was sorry for the "month's wait" but added "I've waited 14 years", a reference to the length of time the Conservatives were in government.
The minister said Baroness Casey had requested a "short extension" to her work and that it was expected "very shortly".
"When we have the report the government will respond to it and lay out its plans with all the evidence in hand," she added.
