Chair of the independent Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel Edward Timpson has written to the Secretary of State for Education announcing the first ever national child safeguarding practice review, which will focus on adolescents in need of state protection from criminal exploitation. The review will commence in March 2019 and complete within six months. Secretary of State for Education Damian Hinds writes in response, welcoming the announcement of the review.

The correspondence can be downloaded from the Gov.uk website.