The legislation includes a number of new measures to protect the welfare of children, including giving children in care the choice to stay with their foster families until they turn 21 and a new legal duty on schools to support children at school with medical conditions better.
Meanwhile, there are reforms to children’s residential care designed to make homes safer and improve the quality of care vulnerable children receive.
The act will also introduce measures intended to help people better balance their work and home life.
From next month, mothers, fathers and adopters can opt to share parental leave around their child’s birth or placement – with mothers and fathers being able to take up to a year, or several months at the same time.
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