Children Act 2004

Summary

The Children Act 2004 was enacted following the Laming Report into the death of Victoria Climbié. It created the framework for inter-agency cooperation to safeguard children, including the duty on agencies to cooperate and share information.

Key Points

• Section 11 duty — key agencies must make arrangements to safeguard and promote the welfare of children
• Local Safeguarding Children Boards (now replaced by safeguarding partnerships)
• Children's Commissioner for England established
• Information sharing framework between agencies
• Duty to cooperate to improve well-being of children in each local authority area
• Every Child Matters outcomes framework

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