In a statement to Parliament on Monday afternoon, Home Secretary Theresa May said Wanless will lead the review into how the Home Office, police and legal prosecutors handled information given to them about organised child sexual abuse allegations in the 1980s and 1990s.
May said that Wanless will be assisted in the review by "an appropriate senior legal figure", with any findings reported to the Attorney General Dominic Grieve. It is expected to take eight to 10 weeks to complete.
The decision follows mounting questions about how past claims of sexual abuse by high profile public figures were handled by government departments at the time. This includes the apparent loss of 114 files relating to abuse allegations about organisations and individuals passed to the Home Office.
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