With the CPA’s scope and remit now out for consultation until 5 March, we held an online webinar to explore what an effective CPA should look like and how you can meaningfully contribute to the consultation. You can watch it back here, below we added time stamps, so you can jump sections:
From 0:39: Introduction of the panel
From 2:20: Introduction to the webinar and recap of IICSA, its key recommendation of setting up a Child Protection Authority (CPA) and the issue of child sexual abuse (CSA)
From 4:00: Fay Maxted about how much we learned from IICSA and from our membership about CSA
From 6:55: How IICSA landed on their results and 20 key recommendations and the process of IICSA
From 8:30: How the implementation process has been
From 9:45: About the process of setting up the CPA and the scope of IICSA
From 16:50: Context around the CPA from the Department for Education and about the consultation process
From 23:30: About the inspection process
From 26:36: On the role of the CPA
From 29:00: On the process of the consultation and reviewing submissions
From 34:50: About the other recommendations, Mandatory Reporting and Awareness Campaigns as recommended by IICSA
From 36:05: The importance of the CPA having a full national remit and authority
From 41:40: About non-state settings and the call to evidence for safety in out-of-school settings
From 43:11: About the interim period before the CPA is set up
From 47:50: About unregulated areas, such as churches and military
From 51:22: More about the consultation process: ministerial input and funding
From 54:40: Summaries from panellists
The Child Protection Authority (CPA) was one of the key recommendations of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA). The IICSA recommendation stated that the intention of the CPA was to:
- Improve child protection practice nationwide
- Advise government on policy and reform
- Inspect institutions and settings where safeguarding risks may arise
