Question follow-through · 110641

Child Protection Authority: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education and the Home Secretary on the Child Protection Authority consultation.

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 3 Feb 2026
Target answer date: 5 Feb 2026
Answer: 11 Feb 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

3 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education and the Home Secretary on the Child Protection Authority consultation.
5 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Feb 2026
Answer published
Ministers meet regularly through the Keeping Children Safe Ministerial Board and the Inter-Ministerial Group on Child Sexual Abuse, where the Child Protection Authority (CPA) is regularly discussed. Both of these groups will continue to monitor progress o...

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