A HIGHLY critical review of how child exploitation has been dealt with over the past 20 years will be discussed by Bradford Council's Executive on Tuesday.

In July the Bradford Partnership published a review looking child exploitation in Bradford since 2001.

It found that services like Bradford Council, health bodies and the police had let vulnerable children down, and that some children in the District remain "unprotected" from exploitation.

At Tuesday's Executive meeting members will discuss the findings of the report.

The meeting will also hear that an updated report, including details of what is currently being done to protect vulnerable children and adults from exploitation, will be published in November.

The review, by Clare Hyde MBE, looked at five specific cases, two non-recent cases of CSE which have already been made public via court cases and three more recent cases.

In these cases there were five victims, four girls and one boy.

Review lifts lid on child sexual exploitation in Bradford district

Two of the victims became pregnant through the abuse they suffered.

As well as detailing how these five children, and likely many others, were failed, the review said the current responses to CSE cases is "not yet good enough".

The report to Executive says work to improve services currently includes the creation of a "specialist exploitation hub."

It adds: "Executive receive a full report in November on current work in relation to exploitation of both children and adults and that this includes details of work in relation to the CSE actions in the Thematic review."

The meeting takes place at City Hall at 10.30am.