The inquiries, which deal with suspected abuse or neglect of children, will be replaced with a new system where reviews will either undertaken by a national panel or, in less serious cases, the local safeguarding children board (LCSB).
A new statutory framework will set out duties for local agencies, which will include a new requirement for councils, the police and the NHS to set up 'more robust and much clearer' multi-agency child protection arrangements. It also says 'schools and other relevant agencies involved in the protection of children' will be 'expected' to co-operate with the new arrangements.
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