Social Services: Children
Commons · Question 98769 · Tabled 10 Dec 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Education on the forthcoming guidance to local authorities on statutory duties under Section 17 of the Children Act 1989; and wha
Answer
Answered by Jess Phillips, 17 Dec 2025
This Government remains firmly committed to safeguarding children from a range of harms. This includes ensuring that statutory safeguarding partners, including the police, have the right resources, tools and training to identify and respond and work toget...