On 29 March 2021, a joint response from the National Safeguarding Steering Group, the House of Bishops and the Archbishops' Council stated that it would develop template information-sharing agreements which may be adapted and used by dioceses on a local level with statutory partners, such as local authorities. The joint response also stated that initial discussions with the National Association of Police Chief Officers were held, and an information-sharing agreement has been proposed for use between the police, the Church of England and the Church in Wales. On 7 April 2021, the Church in Wales stated that it was involved in joint meetings with representatives of the National Police Chiefs' Council and the Church of England with a view to agreeing a national information-sharing agreement, or a template-sharing agreement with national guidance on how it should be rolled out across each church organisation and each police force. The Church in Wales also stated that discussions were continuing with the Church of England about the best means of taking forward coordinated national conversations with other statutory partners.