Former Tory Home Secretary Lord Brittan has said the allegation of rape made against him was "wholly without foundation".
The 74-year-old was questioned last month over an allegation he sexually assaulted a woman in 1967 - before he became an MP.
Lord Brittan released a statement through his lawyers on Monday morning in which he said: "It is true that I have been questioned by the police about a serious allegation made against me. This allegation is wholly without foundation."
Lord Brittan has denied mishandling child sex abuse claims News of the claims emerged at the weekend as he was under fire for his handling of a dossier detailing the activities of a paedophile ring in Westminster in the 1980s.
The claims were laid out in a 40-page dossier, understood to relate to the activities of a number of MPs and high profile figures, and passed to Lord Brittan, who was then Home Secretary, in 1983 by the Conservative MP Geoffrey Dickens.
Labour MP for Rochdale, Simon Danczuk, last week raised the questions over the claims raised in the dossier, which has been misplaced by the Home Office, and asked Lord Brittan what he knew about the allegations.
In his statement Lord Brittan denied that he had failed to deal properly with Mr Dickens' allegations and said he had passed them to Home Office officials and the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Geoffrey Dickens pass a 40-page dossier to Lord Brittan He included a statement made by Mr Dickens in the House of Commons in 1987 in which the MP, who died in 1995, thanked Lord Brittan and the Home Office for their response to the matters raised in the dossier.
In his statement he said: "I would like to put on record that I welcome the fact that there is now to be an independent review to look at the missing files belonging to the Home Office.
"It has been alleged that when I was Home Secretary I failed to deal adequately with the bundle of papers containing allegations of serious sexual impropriety that I received from the late Geoff Dickens MP. This... is completely without foundation - as evidence from the Home Office's own report supports."
The dossier is among 114 files relating to claims of child sex abuse by politicians between 1979 and 1999 that have misplaced or destroyed by the Home Office, it was disclosed at the weekend.
The Home Secretary, Theresa May, will later on Monday announce an "independent and authoritative" investigation into the claims of child sex abuse by politicians and public figures in the 1980s.
It is expected a panel of experts will look at who knew what and when, and what was overlooked or ignored at a number of public bodies to see if they failed in their duty to protect children.
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