Youth Justice
Commons · Question 127554 · Tabled 15 Apr 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 23 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will (a) make an assessment of the adequacy of the statutory framework for agencies to investigate and respond where parents and carers actively hinder, obstruct and decline to engage with safe
Answer
Answered by Dan Jarvis, 23 Apr 2026
Where existing statutory frameworks underpin safeguarding processes, there is no requirement for parents or carers to co-operate. However, parental or carer consent is not required for agencies to share information relating to safeguarding and child prote...