Consultation outcome

Mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse

• From: Home Office
• Published: 22 May 2023
• Last updated: 2 November 2023 — See all updates

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

This consultation has concluded

Detail of outcome

Further to this call for evidence, the government has launched a public consultation to set out proposals for delivering a mandatory reporting duty and to test opinion on a small number of undecided policy questions. A single government response addressing both of these consultation exercises will be published as soon as possible.

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Original consultation

Summary

Seeking views on how a legal duty to report child sexual abuse would affect children, organisations, workplaces and volunteers.

This consultation ran from
22 May 2023 to 11:59pm on 14 August 2023

Consultation description

The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse recommended that the government make it a legal requirement for certain people to report child sexual abuse when:

• they’re told about it by a child or perpetrator
• they witness it happening
• they observe recognised indicators of child sexual abuse

This call for evidence is particularly aimed at people who:

• work with children
• work in law enforcement
• support people affected by child sexual abuse

Documents

Mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse: call for evidence

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Published 22 May 2023
Last updated 2 November 2023 + show all updates

1. 2 November 2023

   Link to current consultation added to outcome area.

2. 22 May 2023

   First published.