National child protection agency to provide oversight of practice in England

The government will create a national agency to provide oversight of child protection practice in England, the safeguarding minister has revealed. The Child Protection Authority (CPA) will provide “national leadership and learning on child protection and safeguarding”, with work to establish it beginning this year, Jess Phillips told the House of Commons this week. Creating a CPA in each of England and Wales was one of the recommendations of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse’s (IICSA) final report, published in 2022. Read more.