Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with what regularity staff in his Department meet with the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for Child Protection; and if he will publish the agendas of their last five meetings.

The National Police Chief’s Council are members of both the Safeguarding Children Reform Implementation Board, which meets every quarter and the Vulnerable Children Young People National Board, which meets on an eight-weekly basis. Both forums meet to discuss safeguarding matters and the National Board also considers wider elements of the department’s response to protect vulnerable children during the COVID-19 outbreak.

The department does not routinely publish agendas for the National Board although records of the meetings can be provided upon request.