Local safeguarding children boards will take a stronger leadership role and will be encouraged to carry out screening and research in order to prevent problems arising, said children's minister Margaret Hodge.
Speaking at a conference on safeguarding children in London last week, Hodge pledged resources to ensure the boards can promote better training in their areas and commission independent serious-case reviews.
Meanwhile, the Department for Education and Skills said it would allow greater flexibility in establishing the boards than had been suggested in the Every Child Matters green paper.
Next month's Children's Bill will not insist that the boards are chaired by councils' directors of children's services, as was first laid out in the green paper.
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