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Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill on the number of child sexual assault cases brought forward.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
13 Feb 2025
Target answer date
25 Feb 2025
Answer
4 Mar 2025 · 19 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill on the number of child sexual assault cases brought forward.

  2. 25 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, introduced in Parliament on 17 December, will protect children at risk of abuse, stopping vulnerable children falling through cracks in services.To keep children safe, the department plans to improve the sharing ...

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