Send internal safeguarding reviews to national body
IICSA · The Anglican Church Case Studies Investigation Report · Issued 21 May 2019 · Addressed to: Church of England
Source — verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation, E
If religious organisations have undertaken internal reviews or enquiries into individual safeguarding incidents, their findings should be sent to the national review body (set up under the Children and Social Work Act 2017).
IICSA, The Anglican Church Case Studies Investigation Report · 21 May 2019 Source PDF →
Published evidence summary
Publicly available evidence relating to this recommendation:
- In May 2023, the government noted that this recommendation was being progressed (Government Response to IICSA Final Report, HM Government, May 2023).
- No published protocol requiring religious organisations to share internal safeguarding review findings with the national review body has been identified to March 2026.
Response — verbatim from government
●UK Government
On 27 June 2019, the Church of England stated that its National Safeguarding Team would liaise with the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel to ensure that 'the right cases' are reported to them in accordance with the principles outlined in Working Together to Safeguard Children and the safeguarding arrangements arising from the Children and Social Work Act 2017. The Church of England noted that the agreed approach will be reflected in House of Bishops guidance. On 12 July 2022, the Church of England stated that all independent learning lessons case reviews commissioned by the Archbishops' Council have been shared with their designated contact on the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel, who will meet with the Church's National Director of Safeguarding every six months. In addition, the Church of England stated that updated arrangements for safeguarding case reviews will be detailed in forthcoming House of Bishops' safeguarding policy, which is due to go out to full consultation, including with victims and survivors, in September 2022. It is anticipated to be presented for approval at the National Safeguarding Steering Group in December 2022.
UK Government · 22 May 2023 Written response →
Evidence trail — what's actually happened since
No published activity has been recorded against this recommendation yet.
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