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DCSF is now the Department for Education
This report from Lord Laming into progress being made across the country to implement effective arrangements for safeguarding children.
This document reviews the practical consequences of section 58 and seek parents’ views on smacking.
First published during the 2007 to 2010 Brown Labour government
This document sets out what the department is doing to achieve its strategic objectives for children and young people.
The government's spending plans for the former Department for Children, Schools and Families, based on resources from the spending reviews.
The department's accounts for 2009 to 2010. It includes details of the department's aims and objectives for the same period.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
This document outlines the government's plan of action for changes which Lord Laming recommended for the universal protection of children.
This guidance will identify whether a case is unsuitable for a youth conditional caution and where an alternative should be used.
The government's expenditure plans for the department, based on the resources allocated in the 2004 and 2007 spending reviews.
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