Written questions

Children: Protection

Commons · Question 14582 · Tabled 30 Jun 2026 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 9 Jul 2026

Question

Asked by Luke Akehurst

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2026 to Question 900535 on Children: Protection, whether (a) current and (b) proposed measures require relevant child risk information about dangerous adults in children’s live

Answer

Answered by Josh MacAlister, 9 Jul 2026

Current powers and procedures including ‘Sarah’s Law’ allow both proactive and application-based disclosures of relevant information where this is necessary to protect a child, regardless of the recipient’s relationship to that child. Any disclosure must ...