ABSTRACT
The tragic death of Victoria Climbié in 2000 and the subsequent report by Lord Laming (2003) led to the introduction of the Children Act (DfES 2004). As a result, the Act necessitated a cooperative approach to integrate services across former education authorities, children’s social services, local learning and skills councils, police authorities and primary care trusts. It is expected that all authorities will have such integrated services in place by 2008.
