Consultation outcome

Child sexual abuse: mandatory reporting

From:
Home Office
Published
2 November 2023
Last updated
9 May 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

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Detail of outcome

The government response summarises the responses to the consultation, which covered 4 themes:

  • impact on children and young people
  • preparing for the duty
  • wider impacts
  • alignment with other reforms and strategy

The government will use these responses to consider how to implement mandatory reporting.

The responses were also considered in the equalities impact assessment.

Original consultation

Summary

Consultation on proposals for a mandatory reporting duty in child sexual abuse cases and on related policy issues.

This consultation ran from
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Consultation description

In its final report the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) recommended that the government introduce a legal requirement for certain people to report child sexual abuse.

The Home Office published a call for evidence on the implementation of such a duty on 22 May 2023, which concluded on 14 August. This sought views on how a duty to report child sexual abuse might affect children, organisations, workplaces and volunteers.

The government is launching this consultation to set out proposals for creating a mandatory reporting duty and to test opinion on a small but significant number of undecided policy questions.

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Impact assessment: mandatory reporting duty for child sexual abuse

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Published 2 November 2023
Last updated 9 May 2024 + show all updates

  1. Added the government response and equality impact assessment.

  2. First published.