Historical Child Protection Investigations

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Thursday 27th March 2014

(10 years, 7 months ago)

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Michael Gove Portrait The Secretary of State for Education (Michael Gove)
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I wish to inform the House that the Department for Education has received information about Jimmy Savile relating to several children’s homes and schools in England, dating back to the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. This information was uncovered as part of the document review process undertaken by the Metropolitan Police Service on behalf of the Department of Health.

Having reviewed the information I have decided that the Department for Education should pass the information to the appropriate organisations for further investigation. In most cases the work will be conducted by the relevant local authority; in others the relevant institution or a legacy organisation will take the lead.

In order to ensure consistency of approach with the NHS Savile investigations, I am replicating the arrangements adopted by the Department of Health to quality assure the work. I have appointed Lucy Scott-Moncrieff to provide independent oversight and quality assurance of the process, undertaking a similar role to that of Kate Lampard in the NHS trust investigations. I have asked Lucy Scott-Moncrieff to ensure that investigating organisations take all practicable steps to establish what happened and why at the time of the incidents and any lessons there might be to inform current safeguarding practice in our schools and children’s homes.

I will inform the House of the outcome of this work.

Information has been provided to responsible organisations as set out in the table below:

Institution(s) Mentioned in the Information

Investigating Body

Area

1

Children’s home (name unknown)

Local authority

Bournemouth

2

Colletton Lodge

Local authority

Devon

3

The Ride children’s home

Local authority

Hounslow

4

Parklands children’s home

Local authority

Gloucestershire

5

Sevenoaks School

Sevenoaks School Board of Governors

Kent

6

Northways Residential School

Beechcroft children’s home

Local authority

Leeds

7

Henshaw School for the Blind

Henshaw Society for Blind People

Leeds

8

Notre Dame Grammar School

Notre Dame Catholic College Board of Governors

Leeds

9

Care home (name unknown)

Local authority

London Borough of Islington

10

Hollies care home

Local authority

London Borough of Southwark

11

St Leonard’s children’s home

Local authority

London Borough of Tower Hamlets

12

Sarah Laski home

Broome House children’s home

Children’s home (name unknown)

Local authority

Manchester

13

Aspley Wood school

Local authority

Nottingham

14

Bassetlaw school

Local authority

Nottinghamshire

15

National Children’s Home, Penhurst

Action for Children

Oxfordshire

16

Beach Holme children’s home

Broomfield children’s home

Local authority

Surrey

17

Barnardos childrens home (name unknown)

Barnardos

Redbridge