Mandatory reporting: government not expecting hike in child sexual abuse referrals

The government is not expecting a significant rise in social care referrals from introducing a duty on professionals to report child sexual abuse.
Its assessment came as it issued a consultative proposals to introduce mandatory reporting of CSA, which fall short of those put forward by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), in its final report, published last year.
The Home Office’s proposed duty would require those carrying out regulated activities with children to repor