I note with interest that the Department for Constitutional Affairs aims to ease restrictions regarding the disclosure of information for cases that go before the family court. Having read the consultation document Disclosure of Information in Family Proceedings Cases Involving Children there is a possibility that future legislation relating to disclosure will solve the following anomaly and help agencies protect children from potentially dangerous people.
When reports of child sexual abuse are investigated by the police and social services a significant number will not proceed to criminal prosecution. The reasons for this are many and varied and rarely because the report was unfounded.
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