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...