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Consultation launched to strengthen safeguards for child strip search including the requirement to notify parents and guardians when a child is strip searched.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
The Children’s People and Nature Survey ran between the 11th and 26th August 2021 (during the school holidays) and 21st September and 11th October 2021 (during term-time), to understand how children and young people aged 8-to-15 are engaging with the...
Information on looked-after children at both national and local authority levels for the financial year ending 31 March 2023.
A summary of local authority surveys in England illustrating the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on children’s social care.
Early years provision for children under 5 years in the local authority maintained, private, voluntary and independent sectors in England.
Data update on the health of children of school-age.
Guidance for all of those who work with children. Explains how to advise those who may have been exposed to TB.
Statistics on looked-after children at national and local authority level for the year ending 31 March 2024.
The DCS Vision is that we Educate the Child – Support the Family – Defend the Nation.
A range of outcome measures at national and local authority level for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities in England.
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