The Children’s Rights Alliance for England (Crae) annual State of Children’s Rights in England report asserts that all but one of 17 government departments gave “inadequate” responses when asked to justify how the pledge was being implemented.
Crae said only the Department for Education was able to give evidence of meaningful analysis of its policies, conducting detailed assessments of four proposals including reform of the Office of the Children’s Commissioner, and changes to the family justice system.
Despite this, Crae warned that the department focused on evidence that supported its policy positions in each case.
The report also found things have got worse for children in relation to nearly a third (31 per cent) of 118 recommendations made by the United Nations (UN) in 2008 to improve children’s rights.
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