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Guidance for frontline professionals on dealing with county lines, part of the government’s approach to ending gang violence and exploitation.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
The age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales is 10 years old. Children are treated differently from adults, are dealt with by youth courts and sent to special secure centres for young people.
The Taking Part survey has run since 2005 and is the key evidence source for DCMS.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Employment Tribunal decision.
This report evaluates the Independent Child Trafficking Guardians service in the three early adopter sites for the two year period from February 2017 to January 2019.
Estimates of the prevalence and nature of online activity among children including speaking to strangers, sending and receiving images and online security using data from the 10 to 15-year-old’s Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW).
This page provides country-specific guidance for British people if their child or children have been abducted abroad by a parent.
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Church on 13 November 2023.
These Regulations introduce new age classification requirements for DVDs which primarily concern music, sports, religion and education. The Regulations are due to come into force on 1 October 2014.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
The zero response to an FOI asking for details of crimes reported to CNC where the suspect was under 10-years-old
Explanation of terms used in Ofsted's official and national statistical releases.
Minimum working age and pay for children, how to apply for performance licences and what local council bylaws say about employing children, paying someone over 16
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