Written questions

Children: Protection

Commons · Question 62695 · Tabled 25 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 15 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Helen Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the capacity of the NHS to contribute to the provisions for Multi Agency Child Protection Teams in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 15 Jul 2025

The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, introduced in Parliament on 17 December, will protect children at risk of abuse, by stopping vulnerable children from falling through the cracks in services. The bill will place a duty on local safeguarding partn...