Written Question·Church Commissioners·UIN 114505

Church of England: Children

Tabled: 20 February 2026

Answered: 5 March 2026

Question

Cameron Thomas

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, whether current Church safeguarding guidance on engagement with parishes during live criminal investigations is consistent with national safeguarding and policing best practice.

Answer

Marsha De Cordova

Internal church safeguarding processes run in tandem with those conducted by statutory services. Criminal investigations will always take primacy over internal processes, which must do nothing to frustrate criminal proceedings. Safeguarding Case Managemen...

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