services through non-profit subsidiaries alarms campaigners.
Draft regulations on plans to change the way child protection services are delivered have been laid down in parliament, just 10 weeks after the proposals were first announced by the Department for Education.
During that short period, a broad coalition of children's organisations campaigned against the notion of local authorities being able to outsource child protection services - as well as duties in relation to children's trust boards - to private sector providers such as Serco and G4S to deliver for profit.
Their concerns were briefly allayed when the DfE published its response to the consultation and proclaimed that only non-profit organisations will be allowed to deliver child protection services.
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