An updated version of Working together to safeguard children Department for Education, was published for England , replacing Local safeguarding children boards LSCBs with safeguarding partner arrangements. The Domestic Abuse Scotland Act made it a statutory aggravation for domestic abuse to involve or affect a child this includes a child hearing, seeing or being present during an abusive incident.
The Wales Safeguarding Procedures were published to provide guidance on safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse and neglect Wales Safeguarding Procedures Project Board, The Crown Prosecution Service CPS recognised breast flattening the practice of using hard or heated objects to suppress or reverse the growth of breasts as a form of child abuse in England and Wales CPS, The conditions created by the coronavirus COVID pandemic meant that everyone working with children and families had to adapt the way they keep children safe.
Governments in all four UK nations published a range of safeguarding and child protection guidance during the pandemic. This abolishes the defence of reasonable corporal punishment of a child. The Welsh Government introduced the Children Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment Wales Act , which will abolish the defence of reasonable punishment from The Disclosure Scotland Act received royal assent in July This aimed to improve the system for checking the criminal history of people who work with children in Scotland.
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