Local Authorities: Child Protection Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Local Authorities: Child Protection

Lord Storey Excerpts
Tuesday 26th November 2013

(10 years, 12 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Nash Portrait Lord Nash
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The matters to which the noble Baroness refers are of course shocking. As I say, we have innovated and started the Troubled Families programme. It seems to be working well and having quite substantial effect, which is why we are expanding it to 400,000 high-risk families until 2016.

Lord Storey Portrait Lord Storey (LD)
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My Lords, my noble friend the Minister will be aware of the child protection register, which is an important means of recording children at risk. There is also an opportunity to be proactive through use of this register. What plans do Her Majesty’s Government have for the child protection register in future?

Lord Nash Portrait Lord Nash
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I will have to write on this to my noble friend and will do so.