Children Act 2004

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The Children Act 2004 was enacted following the Victoria Climbié inquiry and the 'Every Child Matters' Green Paper. It created a framework for inter-agency cooperation to improve the well-being of children, established the Children's Commissioner for England, introduced Local Safeguarding Children Boards, and imposed duties on agencies to share information and cooperate to safeguard and promote children's welfare.

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• Duty on local authorities and partner agencies to cooperate to improve children's well-being (s.10)
• Duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children (s.11)
• Children's Commissioner for England (ss.1–9)
• Local Safeguarding Children Boards (now replaced by safeguarding partners) (s.13)
• Duty to make arrangements to ensure functions are discharged with regard to safeguarding (s.11)
• Information sharing between agencies (s.12)
• Children's Commissioner for England (Part 1)
• Duty to co-operate to improve wellbeing (s.10)
• Local Safeguarding Children Boards (s.13, now replaced by multi-agency arrangements)
• Duty to make arrangements to safeguard and promote welfare (s.11)
• Information sharing between agencies (s.12A)
• Section 11 duty — key agencies must make arrangements to safeguard and promote the welfare of children
• Local Safeguarding Children Boards (now replaced by safeguarding partnerships)
• Children's Commissioner for England established
• Information sharing framework between agencies
• Duty to cooperate to improve well-being of children in each local authority area
• Every Child Matters outcomes framework

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