The Department for Education has updated its information sharing guidance for practitioners and organisations providing safeguarding and welfare services for children and young people in England.
The guidance is now statutory and has been updated to reflect that the Information Sharing Duty under section 16LA of the Children Act 2004 comes into force on 30 September 2026.
The guidance explains what organisations and practitioners must do to comply with the information sharing duty and what they should do to ensure consistent and effective information sharing to safeguard children and young people.