| Full Serious Case Review published |
| Tuesday, 27 July 2010 |
| Education Secretary, Michael Gove, has welcomed the publication in full, by Birmingham Safeguarding Children Board, of a Serious Case Review (SCR) and the openness and transparency that brings. |
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| ContactPoint shutdown |
| Thursday, 22 July 2010 |
| Tim Loughton MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families, has laid a written ministerial statement before Parliament confirming that ContactPoint will be shut down on 6 August 2010. |
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| Interim operation of Contactpoint |
| Wednesday, 16 June 2010 |
| The Department for Education has written to directors of children's services about the next steps for ContactPoint, with guidance on interim operations. |
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| Changes to Vetting and Barring Scheme |
| Wednesday, 16 June 2010 |
| The Home Secretary, Theresa May, has announced that registration with the Vetting and Barring Scheme (VBS) will be halted to allow the government to remodel the scheme. |
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| Child protection review |
| Thursday, 10 June 2010 |
| The Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, and Children and Families Minister, Tim Loughton, have asked Professor Eileen Munro to conduct an independent review to improve child protection at the front line. |
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| Views on the safeguarding system |
| Tuesday, 08 June 2010 |
| The Children's Commissioner for England has published a report, Family perspectives on safeguarding and on relationships with children's services. |
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| Pressure on child protection services |
| Tuesday, 20 April 2010 |
| Research undertaken for the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) reveals that social work tasks relating to identifying and investigating possible harm to children have risen by over 20 per cent. |
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| Physical punishment ban |
| Tuesday, 30 March 2010 |
| The Government has announced its intention to ban physical punishment of children in any form of tuition or care outside of the family, following recommendations from the Chief Adviser on Child Safety, Sir Roger Singleton.
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| Byron progress review |
| Monday, 29 March 2010 |
| The Government has welcomed Professor Byron's progress review, published two years on from her first report Safer Children in a Digital World. |
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| Implementation of Laming report |
| Wednesday, 10 March 2010 |
| The report of a study commissioned by the Local Government Association (LGA) from Loughborough University into implementing Lord Laming's recommendations, has been published. |
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| Serious case reviews |
| Wednesday, 13 January 2010 |
| Ofsted has published the latest quarterly list of the outcome of serious case review evaluations. |
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| The way forward for CEOP |
| Tuesday, 12 January 2010 |
| The Home Secretary, Alan Johnson, has made an announcement regarding the future of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP). |
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| Serious case reviews |
| Thursday, 15 October 2009 |
| Ofsted has issued its second report on serious case reviews (SCRs). |
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| Vetting and Barring Scheme |
| Monday, 12 October 2009 |
| The new Vetting and Barring Scheme (VBS), aimed at giving more protection to children and vulnerable adults, has come into operation. |
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