The child protection system in the UK. The child protection system in the UK NSPCC factsheet July 2013 The child protection system in the UK is the responsibility of the government of each of the UK's four nations: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Each government is responsible for passing legislation, publishing guidance and establishing policy frameworks. Definition for introduction. Holly, Jessica and the unravelling of a dark and terrible mystery. On the twentieth day of the Soham trial at the Old Bailey, Ian Huntley walked from the glass-sided dock into the witness box, took the oath, and in a low, scarcely audible voice began to tell his version of the deaths of ten-year-old Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells.
For two-and-a-half days he went over and over his story in all its grim and terrifying detail, while at the back of the court the parents of the girls sat and listened, as they have listened day after day and week after week. He was the only witness in his own defence. He is the only person who knows the full truth about what happened in 5 College Close on that wet summer evening in August. Legislation - Children Act. Child protection notes from class. Health care workers' knowledge of current child protection legislation and ...: EBSCOhost. Victoria Climbie Inquiry.