Education written question – answered at on 27 November 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what his policy is on bringing forward legislative proposals to require local safeguarding children's boards to commission more serious case reviews.
holding answer
We are committed to ensuring that serious case reviews are undertaken where appropriate and are published so that the lessons from tragic incidents lead to improvements in practice. This is a fundamental part of the Government's ambition to improve the child protection system and bring about long lasting reforms to help vulnerable children.
The current criteria for when a serious case review should be initiated are clearly set out in statutory regulations. Over the summer we consulted on revising relevant statutory guidance (“working Together to Safeguard Children”) including setting out those criteria more clearly in guidance. We are currently analysing those responses.
We will continue to keep under review the number of serious case reviews that are both initiated and published. We will consider all available options, including legislation, to ensure that serious case reviews are initiated and published where appropriate.
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