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  • Information sharing advice for safeguarding practitioners

    A revision to non-statutory advice to support practitioners in the duties and decisions they take to share information.

    • From: Department for Education
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Looked-after children data strategy

    A strategy to improve the quality and availability of ethnicity data and evidence about looked-after children and their routes out of care.

    • From: Closed organisation: Equality Hub and 1 others
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • The best start for life: a progress report on delivering the vision

    Sets out the government's progress in implementing the Early Years Healthy Development Review report 'The best start for life: a vision for the 1,001 critical days'.

    • From: Department of Health and Social Care
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Introducing regulations for supported accommodation provision

    We're seeking views on proposed regulations and guidance for supported accommodation for looked after children (LAC) and care leavers aged 16 and 17.

    • From: Department for Education
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Childcare: regulatory changes

    We are gathering a range of views to help us reach well-informed and fair decisions on proposed regulatory changes to childcare in England.

    • From: Department for Education
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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Children's social care providers: fees and inspections 2023

    We're seeking views on changes to Ofsted fees for children's social care providers and a minimum inspection frequency for secure 16 to 19 academies.

    • From: Department for Education
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • SEND review: right support, right place, right time

    We're seeking views on our green paper about the changes we want to make to the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and alternative provision (AP) system in England.

    • From: Department for Education and 1 others
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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Children and Families Act 2014: government response to the Lords Select Committee report

    A response by the government to the House of Lords Children and Families Act 2014 Committee's report 'Children and Families Act 2014: A failure of implementation'.

    • From: Department for Education
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Government response to the independent review of the Child Maintenance Service response to domestic abuse

    A response by the government to the independent review of the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) response to domestic abuse.

    • From: Department for Work and Pensions
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Introducing a separate judgement about care leavers within the inspection of local authority children’s services (ILACS)

    This consultation seeks your views on our proposals for a new judgement on the experiences and progress of care leavers within the ILACS framework.

    • From: Ofsted
    • Updated:
  • Children and young people’s consultation: Changing the way we look into services for children and young people with SEND

    Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) want to change the way we inspect services for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). This consultation asks children and young people w…

    • From: Care Quality Commission and 1 others
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  • A new approach to area SEND inspections

    Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission seek your views on proposed changes to the way they jointly inspect area SEND arrangements from 2023.

    • From: Care Quality Commission and 1 others
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  • Changes to Social Work England's regulatory framework

    We're seeking views on proposed technical changes to the Social Workers Regulations 2018.

    • From: Department for Education and 1 others
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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Child Maintenance: Improving our enforcement powers through the commencement of curfew orders

    Consultation seeking views on the proposed introduction of a new enforcement power which is intended to strengthen Child Maintenance Service (CMS) enforcement powers.

    • From: Department for Work and Pensions
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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Newidiadau i'r gyfraith a chyfarwyddyd ynglŷn â sut i wneud eich penderfyniadau eich hun

    Mae'r llywodraeth yn gwneud newidiadau i'r rheolau ynglŷn â gwneud eich penderfyniadau eich hun. Rydym yn diweddaru Cod Ymarfer y Ddeddf Galluedd Meddyliol ac yn ystyried system newydd o drefniadau diogelu – Y Trefni…

    • From: Department for Education and 3 others
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  • Newidiadau i god ymddygiad yr MCA a gweithredu’r LPS

    Mae'r ymgynghoriad hwn yn gofyn am farn ar newidiadau a gynigir i God Ymarfer Deddf Galluedd Meddyliol 2005 a rheoliadau'r Trefniadau Amddiffyn Rhyddid (LPS).

    • From: Department for Education and 3 others
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  • Changes to the law and guidance about making your own decisions (easy read)

    The government is making changes to the rules about making your own decisions. We are updating the Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice and considering a new system of safeguards – the Liberty Protection Safeguards.

    • From: Department for Education and 3 others
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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Changes to the MCA Code of Practice and implementation of the LPS

    This consultation seeks views on proposed changes to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice and implementation of the Liberty Protection Safeguards.

    • From: Department for Education and 3 others
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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Keeping children safe in education: proposed revisions 2022

    We are seeking views on proposed changes to the statutory guidance Keeping children safe in education 2021 with a view to making changes for September 2022.

    • From: Department for Education
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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Opportunity North East delivery plan

    Delivery plan for Opportunity North East (ONE) that aims to improve educational outcomes in secondary schools across the north-east of England.

    • From: Department for Education
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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government