Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill

Amendment 279 279: After Clause 190, insert the following new Clause— "Arrangements for seeing children separately After section 16 of the Children Act 2004 (c. 31) (LSBs: supplementary) insert— "16A Arrangements for seeing children separately (1) The children’s services authority shall secure that, when any child who is the subject of either— (a) an investigation under section 47 of the Children Act 1989; or (b) a child protection plan agreed by the Local Safeguarding Children Board, and who is visited by his or her key worker, the child shall, if practicable and reasonable in the circumstances, be seen separately from his or her parent or care-giver. (2) The key worker referred to in subsection (1) is— (a) in the case of subsection (1)(a), the lead social worker appointed by the children’s services authority; and (b) in the case of subsection (1)(b), the key worker appointed by the Local Safeguarding Children Board.""