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11. The criteria to be taken into account by the safeguarding partners(1) for the purpose of section 16F(1) of the Act include whether the case in question—
(a)highlights or may highlight improvements needed to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, including where those improvements have been previously identified;
(b)highlights or may highlight recurrent themes in the safeguarding and promotion of the welfare of children;
(c)highlights or may highlight concerns regarding two or more agencies working together effectively to safeguard and promote the welfare of children;
(d)is one which the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel have considered and concluded a local review may be more appropriate.
See section 16E(3) of the Act under which a “safeguarding partner” in relation to a local authority area in England is defined as: “(a) a local authority; (b) a clinical commissioning group for an area any part of which falls within the local authority area; (c) the chief officer of policy for a police area any part of which falls within the local authority area.”
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