The Met are setting up a specific team to deal with the growing demands of historical abuse inquiries, including an investigation into former Bexley and Sidcup MP Sir Ted Heath.
The team will have about 90 staff, some of whom are in place already, Scotland Yard said.
News of the move came a day after Special Branch and senior police were accused of sinking investigations into historical child sex abuse by VIPs, MPs and officers (September 17).
The police watchdog set out 12 new cases relating to the Met's investigation of paedophile activities spanning four decades.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) inquiry, mainly sparked by allegations made by retired Met officers, will examine suggestions that evidence was suppressed, investigations halted and offences covered up - because of the involvement of MPs, VIPs and police officers.
Scotland Yard has referred 47 allegations to the IPCC since March, concerning historical allegations of impropriety by police officers when dealing with sexual abuse between 1970-2005.
The new police team will assist Operation Fairbank, which is looking into allegations of abuse involving senior politicians and high-profile figures.
It will also help the inquiry into historical abuse claims being led by the New Zealand judge, Justice Lowell Goddard, and Operation Yewtree - the probe set up in the wake of the Jimmy Saville scandal.
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A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "The Metropolitan Police Service is in the process of establishing a specific team in response to the combined demands of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse led by Justice Goddard, the investigations following our referrals to the IPCC and the ongoing related criminal investigations relating to Operations Fairbank and Yewtree.”
The latest developments come amid questions about current inquiries linked to historical abuse.
Former prime minister Sir Edward Heath and ex-home secretary Leon Brittan, both now dead, have been named in connection with the probe.
The complex web of inquiries took a dramatic twist last month when it emerged that an alleged cover-up of child sex allegations against Sir Edward was at the centre of a corruption probe into Wiltshire Police.
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