The mayor’s spokesperson said that the Met would “leave no stone unturned” in investigating child sexual exploitation.
“Sadiq wants justice for every single victim of these horrific crimes, which is why the Met have increased the numbers of arrests of vile perpetrators and are also now reassessing historic cases of child sexual exploitation in London,” they said.
The spokesperson added that the mayor had consistently pressed the Met to increase arrests and reassess historic cases of child sexual exploitation in London.
A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said: “Since 2022, we have significantly improved how we identify and investigate group-based offending – including training for 11,000 frontline officers and the expansion of our child exploitation teams.
“In the last year, this has seen us solve three times more cases of child sexual exploitation – representing 134 more suspects charged.
“Our commitment to safeguarding all victims of such terrible offences and bringing those responsible to justice is absolute.”