Child Contact Centres

HC Deb 10 July 2002 vol 388 c1025W

Mr. Burstow

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department which members are undertaking work on the Child Contact Centre Working Group; and when it plans to set out standards for child contact centres. [67601]

Ms Rosie Winterton

The Child Contact Working Group is facilitated by the Lord Chancellor's Department. It comprises 20 representatives from the National Association of Child Contact Centres (NACCC), other child contact centre services, the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service and legal practitioners. The working group launched its consultation on definitions of contact centre services on 11 May 2002. The consultation ends in October 2002. The working group aims to reach conclusions in December 2002.