Operation Hydrant is a British police investigation into allegations of "non-recent" child sexual abuse.
[3] It began after the Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal prompted more complainants to come forward.
[7] Allegations referred to the Met by Operation Hydrant are handled by Winter Key.
[4] Allegations where no further action was taken were broken down into the following percentages: Chief Constable Simon Bailey said: "We are now having to come to terms, as a society, and we are going to have to recognise and accept, that during the 1970s and 1980s in particular, there was widespread sexual abuse of children taking place.
"[4] Regarding the impact of abuse he said "The really difficult thing to come to terms with is the untold damage that’s been done to victims and survivors.
Thirty-five percent of offenders brought to justice for non-recent abuse is very encouraging.