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Publication  —  Child protection, Joint inspection  —  7 November 2023

This report is based on five joint targeted area inspections of the multi-agency response to children and families who need help. The five local areas inspected were Bedford Borough Council, London Borough of Harrow, Sunderland City Council, Surrey County Council and Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.

Publication  —  Child protection, Joint inspection  —  31 March 2023

Between 6 and 10 February 2023, Ofsted, the Care Quality Commission and HMICFRS carried out a joint inspection of the multi-agency response to identification of initial need and risk in Bedford borough Council for children and families who need help.

Publication  —  Child protection, Terms of reference  —  22 June 2022

We will carry out a thematic inspection of how the police respond to child sexual exploitation in England and Wales. 

Publication  —  Child protection, Terms of reference  —  16 December 2021

HMICFRS will undertake a thematic inspection of the policing of online child sexual exploitation in England and Wales.

Publication  —  Child protection, Thematic inspection, Vulnerability  —  27 February 2020

In early 2014, we began a national programme of child protection inspections. We examine the effectiveness of the decisions made by the police at each stage of their interactions with or for children, from initial contact through to the investigation of offences against them. We also scrutinise the treatment of children in custody, and assess how forces are structured, led and governed, in relation to their child protection services.

Publication  —  Child protection, Research  —  27 February 2020

In 2014, HMICFRS started a rolling programme of inspections in every police force in England and Wales, looking at their response to child protection. To better understand the impact of these inspections on policing activity, we commissioned NatCen to carry out independent evaluation of the programme.

Publication  —  Child protection, Joint inspection  —  4 February 2020

This report draws together findings from six joint targeted area inspections, focusing on the multi-agency response to child sexual abuse in the family environment.

Publication  —  Child protection  —  11 April 2019

Protecting children is one of the most important tasks the police undertake. Only the police can investigate suspected crimes, arrest perpetrators and monitor sex offenders. Police officers have the power to take a child who is in danger into a place of safety, or to seek an order to restrict an offender’s contact with children. This inspection reviewed the progress made in Bedfordshire Police since the publication of the previous national child protection inspection in 2017.

Publication  —  Child protection, Joint inspection  —  14 November 2018

Ofsted, the Care Quality Commission, HMICFRS and HMI Probation, examined the multi-agency response to older child exploitation and children missing from home, care or education. This builds on findings from the 2016 report, ‘Time to listen’ – a joined up response to child sexual exploitation and missing children’.

Publication  —  Child protection, Joint inspection  —  6 July 2018

This report is about the third joint targeted area inspection programme, which began in May 2017 and examined ‘the multi-agency response to older children who are living with neglect’. This report considers the most significant learning from six inspections of local authority areas with a focus on the neglect of older children.