The protocol, which was published by the London Child Protection Committee, states that professionals should consider whether the sexual partner of a young person under 18 is known by any agencies to have had "other concerning relationships with children/young people (which presupposes that checks will be made with the police)".
The protocol is an interim arrangement while guidance is drawn up by the Government following Sir Michael Bichard's report into the Soham murders.
The Met has also agreed that it will provide information about children and their sexual partners for the purposes of an agency's risk assessment without treating the information as a "formally referred allegation of crime", but it will "record the request for intelligence purposes".
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