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Child Protection Authority

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The Child Protection Authority is a proposed government agency of the United Kingdom.

The creation of a Child Protection Authority was one of the recommendations of the report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), published in 2022.[1][2]

A proposal that the creation of the agency be made a statutory requirement as part of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill was voted down in a vote in the House of Commons in February 2025.[3]

In April 2025, Jess Philips, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls, announced that work would start on creating the agency.[1][4] Opposition politicians criticised the government for not having acted on the IICSA's recommendations sooner.[1]

As part of the recommendations made by Louise Casey in the report of the National Audit on Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, published in June 2025, the Child Protection Agency is planned to be one of the organizations responsible for ensuring inter-agency collaboration against child abuse.[5] The government has stated that it intends to implement all of the recommendations of the audit report.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Hossein-Pour, Anahita (8 April 2025). "Child protection authority to be set up after child sex abuse inquiry". The Independent. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  2. ^ Johnson`, Malcolm (2025-05-28). "Government response to IICSA: 3 impacts for safeguarding practice". CYP Now. Retrieved 2025-06-19.
  3. ^ "New Clause 39 - Establishment of Child Protection Authority". TheyWorkForYou. Retrieved 2025-06-19.
  4. ^ "Tackling child sexual abuse and exploitation: update". GOV.UK. 2025-04-08. Retrieved 2025-06-19.
  5. ^ Casey, Louise (16 June 2025). "National Audit on Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  6. ^ "Government response to the National Audit on Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse report". GOV.UK. 16 June 2025. Retrieved 2025-06-17.

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