Consultation outcome

Working Together to Safeguard Children: revisions to statutory guidance

From:
Department for Education, Home Office, Department of Health and Social Care, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021), Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
Published
25 October 2017
Last updated
26 February 2018 — See all updates
This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

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Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Working Together to Safeguard Children and new regulations

Ref: DFE-00045-2018

PDF, 402 KB, 54 pages

Detail of outcome

Summary of responses we received, along with the government’s response outlining the next steps.

Original consultation

Summary

We invite views on changes to the statutory guidance Working Together to Safeguard Children, new child death review guidance and new regulations.

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
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Consultation description

We are seeking views on:

  • significant revisions to Working Together to Safeguard Children, the statutory guidance on what’s expected of organisations to safeguard and promote the welfare of children
  • 2 sets of statutory instruments (regulations) needed to support the new arrangements
  • new child death review guidance

These revisions reflect the legislative changes introduced through the Children and Social Work Act 2017. Following this consultation, the government proposes to update and replace the current statutory guidance, Working Together to Safeguard Children 2015.

Updates to this page

Published 25 October 2017
Last updated 26 February 2018 + show all updates

  1. Added the government's response to the consultation.

  2. First published.

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