Written question asked by Lord Gove (Conservative) on Thursday, 25 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 1 March 2010. It was answered by Baroness Primarolo (Labour) on Thursday, 25 March 2010 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Departmental Audit

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether his Department has updated its Allegations Audit, undertaken in 2003-04.

Answer: Similar data to that collected in the 2003-04 Allegations Audit was collected in 2004-05, and less detailed data on allegations was collected in 2007. The data collected in 2004-05 was used to inform the development of guidance on handling allegations of abuse made against those who work with children and young people, but was not published as a data set. The data collected in 2007 was used to inform the review of implementation of guidance on handling allegations. The analysis of this data was included within the report of the review published in May 2009 and is available to download from the Every Child Matters website.

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