House of Lords written question – answered am ar 11 Rhagfyr 2009.
Lord Lucas
Ceidwadwyr
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is meant by "Known to social care includes Section 17, 37 or 47 enquiries" in the Department for Children, Schools and Families' working paper Independent Review of Home Education-safeguarding evidence.
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Children, Young People and Families), Department for Children, Schools and Families, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Children, Schools and Families) (Children, Young People and Families)
Known to social care in this context means children who, at the time of the data collection, were receiving or were planning to receive social care services in local authorities in England under the following sections of the Children Act 1989:
Section 17 (provision of services for children in need, their families and others); Section 37 (care orders); andSection 47 (local authority duty to investigate when there is reasonable cause to suspect that a child is suffering, or is likely to suffer, significant harm).
Legal definitions can be found at http://www.opsi. gov.uk/acts/acts1989/ukpga_19890041_en_1.
The questionnaire seeking information excluded some children that fell into these categories and this is shown at http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/foischeme/subPage. cfm?action=collections.displayDocument&i_ documentID=801&i_collection ID=322.
Yes2 people think so
No1 person thinks not
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