Children Act 2004
E120831
The Children Act 2004 is a key piece of UK legislation that reformed children’s services and safeguarding arrangements in England, promoting inter-agency cooperation and the welfare of children.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Children Act 2004 canonical | 5 |
| Children Act 2004 amendments | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1050630 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Children Act 2004 Context triple: [Office of the Children’s Commissioner (England), legalBasis, Children Act 2004]
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A.
Human Rights Act 1998
The Human Rights Act 1998 is a landmark UK statute that incorporates the rights set out in the European Convention on Human Rights into domestic law, enabling individuals to enforce those rights in UK courts.
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B.
Convention on the Rights of the Child
The Convention on the Rights of the Child is a landmark United Nations human rights treaty that sets out the civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights of all children worldwide.
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C.
Health and Social Care Act 2012
The Health and Social Care Act 2012 is a major UK law that overhauled the National Health Service in England, expanding competition, restructuring commissioning, and redistributing responsibilities among health bodies.
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D.
Child Maintenance Service
The Child Maintenance Service is a UK government body that calculates, collects, and enforces financial support payments from non-resident parents to help with the costs of raising their children.
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E.
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act is a key U.S. federal law that provides funding and protections to address homelessness, including ensuring educational access and support for children and youth experiencing homelessness.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Children Act 2004 Target entity description: The Children Act 2004 is a key piece of UK legislation that reformed children’s services and safeguarding arrangements in England, promoting inter-agency cooperation and the welfare of children.
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A.
Human Rights Act 1998
The Human Rights Act 1998 is a landmark UK statute that incorporates the rights set out in the European Convention on Human Rights into domestic law, enabling individuals to enforce those rights in UK courts.
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B.
Convention on the Rights of the Child
The Convention on the Rights of the Child is a landmark United Nations human rights treaty that sets out the civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights of all children worldwide.
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C.
Health and Social Care Act 2012
The Health and Social Care Act 2012 is a major UK law that overhauled the National Health Service in England, expanding competition, restructuring commissioning, and redistributing responsibilities among health bodies.
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D.
Child Maintenance Service
The Child Maintenance Service is a UK government body that calculates, collects, and enforces financial support payments from non-resident parents to help with the costs of raising their children.
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E.
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act is a key U.S. federal law that provides funding and protections to address homelessness, including ensuring educational access and support for children and youth experiencing homelessness.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Department for Education
ⓘ
surface form:
Department for Education (England)
Welsh Government ⓘ
surface form:
Welsh Government (Wales)
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| amends | Children Act 1989 ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
children
ⓘ
young people ⓘ |
| citation | 2004 c. 31 ⓘ |
| containsPart |
Part 1 – Children’s Commissioner
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Part 2 – Children’s services in England ⓘ Part 3 – Children’s services in Wales ⓘ Part 4 – Advisory and support services for family proceedings ⓘ Part 5 – Miscellaneous and general ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createsRole |
Children’s Commissioner for England
ⓘ
Director of Children’s Services ⓘ Lead Member for Children’s Services ⓘ |
| establishes |
Children’s Commissioner for England
ⓘ
Local Safeguarding Children Boards ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
integration of children’s services
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inter-agency cooperation ⓘ safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children ⓘ |
| informedBy | Victoria Climbié Inquiry ⓘ |
| introducedBy |
UK government
ⓘ
surface form:
United Kingdom Government
|
| jurisdiction | England and Wales ⓘ |
| keyPrinciple | Every Child Matters ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legislationType | primary legislation ⓘ |
| parliamentarySession | 2003–2004 ⓘ |
| policyArea |
child protection
ⓘ
education ⓘ health services for children ⓘ social care ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
improvement of safeguarding arrangements for children
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promotion of the welfare of children ⓘ reform of children’s services ⓘ |
| relatedPolicy |
Every Child Matters
ⓘ
surface form:
Every Child Matters: Change for Children
|
| replacedByInPart | Children and Social Work Act 2017 ⓘ |
| requires |
agencies to make arrangements to safeguard and promote the welfare of children
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cooperation between local authorities and relevant partners ⓘ local authorities to appoint a Director of Children’s Services ⓘ local authorities to designate a Lead Member for Children’s Services ⓘ |
| royalAssentDate | 2004-11-15 ⓘ |
| section |
Section 10 – Co-operation to improve well-being of children
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Section 11 – Arrangements to safeguard and promote welfare of children ⓘ Section 12 – Information databases (England) (subsequently repealed in part) ⓘ Section 13 – Local Safeguarding Children Boards ⓘ |
| shortTitle | Children Act 2004 self-link ⓘ |
| status | in force with amendments ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 2004 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Children Act 2004 Description of subject: The Children Act 2004 is a key piece of UK legislation that reformed children’s services and safeguarding arrangements in England, promoting inter-agency cooperation and the welfare of children.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Office of the Children’s Commissioner (funding and sponsorship role historically in England)
→
legalBasis
→
Children Act 2004
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subject surface form:
Office of the Children’s Commissioner (England)
this entity surface form:
Children Act 2004 amendments
subject surface form:
LEA