Member

The significance of any piece of information is not usually clear until it is put together and a jigsaw picture of what is going on in a child’s life emerges, so my Amendment 19, also signed by the noble Lord, Lord Hampton, sets out how in practice the links between wider information-sharing fora and the multi-agency child protection teams should work. It aims to set out key practical issues that need to work if information sharing results in action, rather than just sharing. It covers the co-ordination function of the front door, how information is passed on to the child protection teams, and the need for clear timescales, referral thresholds, and secure systems.