Guidance

Detention and escorting: safeguarding children

Detention services order 19/2012 about safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in detention.

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Detention services order 19/2012: safeguarding children policy

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Annex A: template for safeguarding children policy statement

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Annex A1: safeguarding children policy statement – non-children IRCs

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Annex B: information sharing policy statement

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Home Office detention services order about safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in detention or under escort.

Updates to this page

Published 1 January 2012
Last updated 19 November 2019 + show all updates
  1. Detention services order 19/2012: safeguarding children policy.

  2. Updated detention services order (DSO) and annexes replace DSO 19/2012 version 1.0.

  3. Updated guidance.

  4. First published.

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