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‘Ineffective’ information-sharing holds back action on child sexual exploitation

“Ineffective processes” for sharing information is hampering action on child sexual exploitation (CSE), the chief inspector of Ofsted has said.

Sir Michael Wilshaw has raised concerns about the lack of clarity on the scale and extent of CSE across the country in a meeting with the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) and Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC).

Particularly, Sir Michael raised the issue of the “continued lack of meaningful data and poor information-sharing on children missing from care” – children who are considered to be at greater risk of becoming victims of CSE.

It was the first of a series of regular meetings that Sir Michael will be having with the NPCC and HMIC and the discussions included chief constable Simon Bailey and the inspector of constabulary Wendy Williams.

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