Resumen
The Children Act 2004 was enacted following the Laming Report into the death of Victoria Climbié. It created the framework for inter-agency cooperation to safeguard children, including the duty on agencies to cooperate and share information.
Puntos clave
- 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
Partes y secciones
Historial de enmiendas
2017 — Children and Social Work Act 2017
Replaced LSCBs with multi-agency safeguarding partnerships.