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Death: Children

Asked by Bell Ribeiro-AddyLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 6 June 2025UIN 56879

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the National Police Chiefs’ Council's guidance entitled Practice Advice on Child Death Investigation, published in February 2025, on

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson

Guidance to support operational policing in discharging their duties is a matter for the National Police Chiefs’ Council.

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