First reported 15 Sep 2022•Latest report 1 May 2026
Definition
What this concern includes
Includes failures to establish, operate or provide a dedicated protective mechanism for protecting children or young people from an adult who presents a known or identified safeguarding risk, including post-sentence offender-register or equivalent arrangements and young-person-specific protective notices or restrictions.
Not included
Excludes generic child-safeguarding assessment, referral, investigation or care failures where no dedicated protective mechanism against an identified adult risk is involved.
Excludes general offender registration, supervision or rehabilitation failures where protection of children from an identified adult risk is not the safety purpose.
Excludes ordinary family, school or community safeguarding support without a specific protective mechanism, restriction or register intended to protect children from an adult risk.
Excludes protective measures for adults, prisoners or other beneficiaries unless the assertion explicitly concerns the same child-protection mechanism.
Reports
3
Distinct published reports
Individual concerns
4
A report can raise multiple concerns
Date range
2022–2026
First to latest report issue date
Stated actions
9
Described in published responses
Reports over time
Reports over time
Reports about this concern issued each year.
* 2026 is projected from reports observed to 7 Sep 2026.
Most frequent recipients
Most frequent recipients
Reports about this concern sent to each recipient.
College of Policing2
Home Office2
Metropolitan Police Service2
National Police Chiefs’ Council2
Department for Education1
Department of Health and Social Care1
Haleon UK Trading Limited1
National Crime Agency1
National policing body3
Ministerial department2
Police force2
Non-ministerial department1
Private limited company1
Concerns and responses across reports
Only concerns grouped under this recurring concern are included. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.
Inner South London
Concerns raised1
Lack of specific protection for young people against adults creating safeguarding risks
This report raised 6 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Responses linked to these concerns
Each statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.
Actions described in response An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.2
Action
Keep the child-exploitation disruption framework under review to support coordinated safeguarding and information sharing.
Stated by Home OfficeStated in progressThe respondent said that this action was in progress when they made their response on 14 August 2026.
Action
Promote disruption as a safeguarding intervention through NPCC conferences and learning events.
Stated by National Police Chiefs’ CouncilStated completedThe respondent said that this action was complete when they made their response on 14 August 2026.
Respondent positions A position is what a respondent says about the concern when they do not describe a specific action.2
Position
The legal framework provides no direct adult equivalent to a CAWN or nationally adopted young person’s abuse warning notice.
Stated by National Police Chiefs’ CouncilUnable to actThe respondent said that a constraint prevented them from taking the relevant action.
Position
No equivalent adult protection notice to a CAWN or nationally adopted young person's abuse warning notice currently exists within the divided legal framework.
Stated by National Police Chiefs’ CouncilUnable to actThe respondent said that a constraint prevented them from taking the relevant action.
Inner West London
Concerns raised1
A person who illicitly administered chlorpheniramine to a child continuing to work as a nanny
This report raised 6 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Responses linked to these concerns
Each statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.
No linked response statements
No respondent-stated action or position is linked to these concerns in the published data.
Bedfordshire and Luton
Concerns raised2
Lack of an offender register or equivalent protection for children from people convicted of cruelty against a child
Lack of proactive police information sharing to protect children from people convicted of violence or cruelty against a child
This report raised 2 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Responses linked to these concerns
Each statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.
Actions described in response An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.7
Action
Continue considering options for implementing a domestic abuse offender register.
Stated by Home OfficeStated in progressThe respondent said that this action was in progress when they made their response on 6 October 2022.
Action
Share the independent review findings and consider the Government’s response, including implications for offence-based registers.
Stated by Home OfficeStated plannedThe respondent said that this action was planned when they made their response on 6 October 2022.
Action
Continue considering the case for a child cruelty register within wider safeguarding policy discussions.
Stated by Home OfficeStated in progressThe respondent said that this action was in progress when they made their response on 6 October 2022.
Action
Update the Child Abuse APP within three months to clarify disclosure of relevant risk information to parents and carers of potentially endangered children.
Stated by College of Policing and National Police Chiefs’ CouncilStated plannedThe respondent said that this action was planned when they made their response on 6 October 2022.
Action
Continue supporting domestic violence and child sex offender disclosure schemes through national guidance.
Stated by Home OfficeStated in progressThe respondent said that this action was in progress when they made their response on 6 October 2022.
Action
Consider improvements to information-sharing processes among agencies safeguarding children.
Stated by Home OfficeStated in progressThe respondent said that this action was in progress when they made their response on 6 October 2022.
Action
Lay a report before Parliament setting out policy on safeguarding information sharing by public authorities, including the feasibility of a consistent child identifier.
Stated by Home OfficeStated plannedThe respondent said that this action was planned when they made their response on 6 October 2022.
Respondent positions A position is what a respondent says about the concern when they do not describe a specific action.2
Position
Police and Home Office matters were addressed directly by those bodies, so this response does not undertake further work on them.
Stated by Department of Health and Social CareRedirects responsibilityThe respondent said that another organisation was responsible for deciding or taking action.
Position
Existing statutory and common-law disclosure mechanisms provide routes for proactive and reactive sharing of risk information to safeguard children.
Stated by College of Policing and National Police Chiefs’ CouncilExisting arrangements considered sufficientThe respondent said that existing arrangements were sufficient, so no further action was needed.
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Includes failures to establish, operate or provide a dedicated protective mechanism for protecting children or young people from an adult who presents a known or identified safeguarding risk, including post-sentence offender-register or equivalent arrangements and young-person-specific protective notices or restrictions.
