Govt Refuses To Reveal Titles Of Secret Files in Child Abuse Inquiry

The Cabinet Office declines to release the names of files which could hold key information for the inquiries into child abuse.

The Government is refusing to reveal the titles of four secret documents that could hold vital information for the child abuse inquiries.

It comes less than 24 hours after Home Secretary Theresa May promised that Government departments would be more transparent.

On Wednesday the Cabinet Office's Francis Maude MP said: "Officials have identified four additional relevant files, one of which was marked for destruction pending further checks by the Cabinet Office and The National Archives.

"These files are being shared with the inquiry, the Hart inquiry, the relevant departments, and the Metropolitan Police Service."

However the names of the four new files are not being shared with the public.

When approached by Sky News to release the titles of the documents the Cabinet Office refused, saying "they are confidential files".

While the content of the files may be sensitive, refusing to reveal the names means the public has no way of tracking which files they are or how they are now dealt with.

Campaigner Marilyn Hawes, founder of Enough Abuse UK, told Sky News: "Political parties and those in power just don't get it.

"Enough is enough and we the public are not tolerating this anymore. Westminster et al need to show the public and the abused some respect."

The search came after Sky News unearthed another secret file last month that the Cabinet Office had kept closed on grounds of national security.

After MPs raised the issue in the House of Commons, Government officials were forced to release it to the National Archives.

The former British diplomat Sir Peter Hayman was revealed as the subject of the secret file - the papers documented his "unnatural" sexual behaviour.

Crucially the file, along with the four newly discovered ones, was not handed over to the Wanless Review.

This is a Home Office sanctioned review led by NSPCC boss Peter Wanless that searched for official documents which may be relevant to the child abuse inquiries.

Ms Hawes added: "Of all organisations the NSPCC should push for the disclosure of the four 'newly' found files and should be leading from the front for those who have, are and will suffer from child abuse."

http://news.sky.com/story/1422138/govt-refuses-to-reveal-titles-of-secret-files

From David Cameron calling it a 'conspiracy theory' after the police said they had sound evidence (which makes you wonder why), to the mishandling, deliberate or otherwise, of setting up the inquiry to this, the Government really does not want the evidence of the abuse and murders of children in Elm House and Dolphin Square by the great and good, to be revealed in full.