APPENDIX 2: CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS
BILL [HL]
Supplementary memorandum by the Department for
Children, Schools and Families
1. The Department has reviewed Clause 13 of the
Children and Young Persons Bill, and in particular the ambit of
the power in the new Section 23ZA(1)(b) which at present
extends to include all children and "young persons"
(which is not defined). We have concluded that, as drafted,
it is much broader than is necessary to deliver our policy which
is to have the power to place the local authority under a duty
to ensure a representative of theirs visits children who immediately
before entering custody were accommodated by them under section
20 of the Children Act 1989. We therefore propose to table an
amendment to the provision that would limit the scope of the power
to impose a new duty in relation to this group of children only.
December 2007
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