No mandatory child abuse reporting

Lack of statutory duty for certain individuals ('mandated reporters') to report child sexual abuse when disclosed.

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No mandatory child abuse reporting has been flagged across 6 independent accountability sources:

7 PFD reports 4 committee recs 4 IOPC recs 1 detention investigation rec 2 PHSO decisions 24 LGO/SPSO decisions

When the same issue appears across inquiries, coroner reports, and regulators independently, it indicates a recurring issue across the public record.

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Harry Mellor
22 Oct 2015 · Nottinghamshire
Concerns: There is no reliable system to track child GP de-registration, creating significant safeguarding risks, especially for children with chronic health needs, as specialist teams are not informed.
Response (Department of Health): The Department of Health acknowledges concerns about GP registration/de-registration, explains the current system and other opportunities for ensuring child healthcare, and notes the hospital's failure to follow up on missed …
Response (UK Health Security Agency): PHE states it doesn't have a direct role in GP registration, notes NHS England can comment on the regulation and procedure, and has alerted the relevant NHS England team and …
Response (GMC): The GMC outlines its role in setting standards for doctors but states it doesn't have a direct role in healthcare service design; it highlights existing guidance and ongoing work by …
Response (CCG): The CCG is appointing an independent author to review GP involvement in the case as part of a serious case review and has requested assurance from specialist paediatric services that …
Overdue
Karnel Haughton
23 Sep 2016 · Birmingham and Solihull
Concerns: Uncensored online videos promote dangerous 'choking game' activities, yet there is no national guidance for schools or support for parents, risking further injuries and deaths.
Overdue
Ann Maguire
22 Nov 2017 · West Yorkshire (East)
Concerns: There is inconsistent management of weapon risks in schools; OFSTED should make it mandatory for inspectors to review and report on how schools prevent weapons from being brought onto premises.
Response (Ann Maguire): Ofsted will consider giving more focus to protecting pupils and staff from violent attack as part of its review of the inspection framework for education inspections which is expected to …
Responded
Harper Denton
15 Sep 2022 · Bedfordshire and Luton
Concerns: Police forces failed to adopt guidance for managing violent offenders and lacked proactive information sharing to protect children. Additionally, a national register for child cruelty offenders is missing, and health visitor safeguarding assessments are not mandatory.
Response (National Police Chiefs Council): The College of Policing will update APP (Authorised Professional Practice) within three months to clarify that disclosure of information about a person who poses a risk of harm can be …
Response (Metropolitan Police Service): The MPS is reviewing its MAPPA processes, including scoping the feasibility of introducing a Potentially Dangerous Person (PDP) process as outlined by the College of Policing’s APP Guidance; the outcome …
Response (Home Office): The Home Office is considering options for better management of domestic abuse offenders, including a domestic abuse 'register', and is working to improve information and data sharing between agencies for …
Response (Department of Health and Social Care): The Department is updating resources for health visitors and school nurses, emphasizing assessments of family relationships and chronology of events for children with additional needs, due to be published shortly. …
Responded
Molly Russell
13 Oct 2022 · North London
Concerns: Internet platforms lack age verification, age-specific content control, and parental monitoring features, exposing children to harmful material through algorithms and unrestricted access.
Response (Twitter International Unlimited Company): Twitter acknowledges the concerns and highlights existing safety features, including user controls to manage content, block accounts, and a parental controls guide developed with Internet Matters.
Response (META): Meta highlights existing tools and policies, including content moderation, reporting options, and parental supervision features. They also mention partnerships with experts and engagement with the UK Online Safety Bill.
Response (Snap): Snap highlights existing safety measures and resources, including reporting tools, partnerships with mental health organizations, and extra protections for under 18s. They mention a Global Safety Advisory Board that includes …
Response (Pinterest): Pinterest commits to limiting the distribution of depressive content to teens, updating its self-harm policy for stricter enforcement, partnering with a third-party content checking service, improving moderation processes, and expanding …
Response (Department for Digital Culture Media Sport): The government plans to strengthen online protections for children via the Online Safety Bill, including requiring platforms to publish risk assessments and naming the Children's Commissioner as a statutory consultee …
Overdue
Alexander Eastwood
14 Mar 2025 · Manchester West
Concerns: There is a lack of guidance and regulation for children's contact sports, particularly for unofficial matches, leading to an absence of minimum standards for safeguarding, medical support, and risk management.
Response (Department For Culture Media And Sport): The Department is exploring ways to improve the safety and welfare of children in martial arts, asking Sport England to work with the Martial Arts Safeguarding Group, and ensuring parents …
Responded
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25 Mar 2026 · Inner West London
Concerns: Child death investigation teams may be too easily reassured by well-presented homes, leading to perfunctory scene examinations and lost forensic opportunities.
Pending
#26 — High prevalence of sexual violence and controlling behaviour affects young people aged 11-20.
Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation: Professor Katin Hohl told us that the most common age of survivors and perpetrators of sexual violence is between 11–20 years old.63 Evidence submitted by the Youth Endowment Fund suggested that 7% of girls and 6% of boys between 13–17 …
Gov response: 6.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: September 2025 6.2 The new VAWG Strategy will place prevention at the very heart of the government’s approach to halving VAWG in a decade. …
Not Addressed
#68 — Improve training and guidance for child sexual abuse reporting and implement robust IICSA duty.
Education Committee
Recommendation: The Department for Education should improve training and guidance around reporting of child sexual abuse and work jointly with the Home Office towards implementing the more robust mandatory reporting duty recommended by IICSA, ensuring that the sector is well-prepared for …
Gov response: The Mandatory Reporting Duty measure (outlined in the Crime and Policing Bill) is currently progressing through Parliament and will come into force one year after the Bill receives Royal Assent. As part of the implementation, …
Accepted
#67 — Urgent need to implement IICSA recommendations as mandatory reporting is limited.
Education Committee
Recommendation: There is an urgent need to take forward the recommendations of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse. The introduction of the mandatory reporting duty is an important step forward, but it is limited in scope to instances of a …
Gov response: The Mandatory Reporting Duty measure (outlined in the Crime and Policing Bill) is currently progressing through Parliament and will come into force one year after the Bill receives Royal Assent. As part of the implementation, …
Accepted
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Education Committee
Recommendation: The Committee is clear that the companies whose platforms are responsible for these harms cannot be left to self-regulate. We recommend that the Government treats online harms to children explicitly as a safeguarding and public health issue, rather than relying …
Response Pending
25-000-774 — Central Bedfordshire Council
Summary: We cannot investigate Mr X’s complaint about his children being removed from his care following family court proceedings because it lies outside our jurisdiction. The law prevents us from investigating complaints about matters that have been subject to court proceedings. We have no discretion to do so.
LGO (Local Government & … Children S Care Services Jun 2025
25-000-593 — Hertfordshire County Council
Summary: We will not investigate Mrs X’s complaint that a safeguarding referral was unlawfully made and then considered by the Local Authority Designated Officer. This is because there is insufficient evidence of fault.
LGO (Local Government & … Children S Care Services Jun 2025
25-000-495 — Suffolk County Council
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the removal of a child from their mother’s care and related events. We cannot investigate matters that have been considered in court. We have no power to investigate the actions of police officers and a judge.
LGO (Local Government & … Children S Care Services Jun 2025
25-000-995 — Isle of Wight Council
Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about the Council’s handling of concerns he has raised in relation to his daughter over the past year. This is because there is no sign of fault in the Council’s decision not to consider his complaint until the ongoing court proceedings have …
LGO (Local Government & … Children S Care Services Jun 2025
25-005-778 — Nottingham City Council
Summary: We will not investigate Mrs X’s complaint about the involvement of the Council’s children’s services with her family. The complaint is older than 12 months and is late. Mrs X’s complaint about the conduct of a social worker would be better considered by Social Work England.
LGO (Local Government & … Children S Care Services Jul 2025
24-013-539 — Lancashire County Council
Summary: We will not investigate Miss X’s complaint. This is because there is no sign of fault in the Council’s decision not to investigate her complaint whilst there is an ongoing police investigation into related matters.
LGO (Local Government & … Children S Care Services Dec 2024
25-013-687 — Northumberland County Council
LGO (Local Government & … Children S Care Services
25-013-575 — Sunderland City Council
LGO (Local Government & … Children S Care Services
21-006-378 — Liverpool City Council
Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about children services actions. It is unlikely we could add to the Council’s resolution.
LGO (Local Government & … Children S Care Services Feb 2022
21-015-468 — Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Summary: We will not investigate Ms X's complaint about children services actions. It is unlikely we would find fault which has caused the Council to have a child protection plan.
LGO (Local Government & … Children S Care Services Feb 2022
22-007-427 — London Borough of Bromley
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s decision to continue the complainant’s daughter’s child protection plan. This is because we cannot achieve the outcome the complainant is seeking.
LGO (Local Government & … Children S Care Services Sep 2022
22-006-677 — Norfolk County Council
Summary: We cannot investigate this complaint about the Council’s actions concerning Mr X’s child. This is because the matter complained of are not separable from matters that were or could have been raised in court.
LGO (Local Government & … Children S Care Services Sep 2022
21-012-067 — Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
Summary: Miss Y complained her complaint the Council failed to support and protect her daughter was not properly considered by the Council under the statutory complaints procedure. We have found fault by the Council regarding the remedy proposed in response to her complaint, and the delay in completing the Stage …
LGO (Local Government & … Children S Care Services Upheld Sep 2022
23-020-830 — London Borough of Redbridge
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the conduct of staff during an Initial Child Protection Conference. This is because there are other bodies better placed to consider this complaint. Also, we cannot achieve the outcome Mr B wants.
LGO (Local Government & … Children S Care Services May 2024
24-020-944 — Wokingham Borough Council
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s involvement with Miss X’s family and the Council starting child protection court proceedings.
LGO (Local Government & … Children S Care Services May 2025
25-000-479 — Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s child protection investigation. The complaint is late and there is no good reason to exercise discretion to investigate it now.
LGO (Local Government & … Children S Care Services Jun 2025
25-001-835 — London Borough of Camden
Summary: Mr X complained that the Council caused a delay in responding to his complaint about its children’s social care service. We have discontinued our investigation, because there is no worthwhile outcome we can achieve until Mr X receives the Council’s final response to his complaint.
LGO (Local Government & … Children S Care Services Not Upheld Jun 2025
24-022-867 — Cornwall Council
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about words used by the Council following a safeguarding referral it received. There is not enough evidence of fault in the way the Council responded to the referral to warrant investigation by us. Any factual inaccuracy in its records would be a matter …
LGO (Local Government & … Children S Care Services Jun 2025
25-003-447 — Buckinghamshire Council
Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about his dealings with the Council in connection with the care of his grandchildren because there is nothing we could add to the independent investigation commissioned by the Council.
LGO (Local Government & … Children S Care Services Sep 2025
25-013-075 — London Borough of Bexley
LGO (Local Government & … Children S Care Services
24-010-010 — Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Summary: We cannot investigate this complaint about how the Council responded to concerns about bullying in a school. This is because the complaint flows from the internal management of a school which we have no jurisdiction to consider. The law says we cannot consider complaints about the actions of councils …
LGO (Local Government & … Education Sep 2024
24-007-895 — North East Lincolnshire Council
Summary: We found fault on Mr Y’s complaint about the way the Council dealt with allegations against him which it referred to the Local Authority Designated Officer. Minutes were not accurate and failed to show consideration of a recommendation. This caused him lost opportunity and uncertainty about whether the recommendation …
LGO (Local Government & … Children S Care Services Upheld Apr 2025
25-001-816 — Leeds City Council
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint that the Council has failed to remove inaccurate information it holds about Ms X. This is because the Information Commissioner is better placed to consider the matter.
LGO (Local Government & … Children S Care Services Jun 2025
24-004-807 — London Borough of Bromley
Summary: We have decided not investigate Mr X’s complaint about a lack of social care for his child, Y, and a failure to properly consider his request for direct payments. The Council has accepted some fault and will investigate further using the statutory children’s complaints process.
LGO (Local Government & … Children S Care Services Upheld Nov 2024
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