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In April 1956 young residents at a Dr Barnado's children's home are taken out by a nursery student.

In April 1956 young residents at a Dr Barnado's children's home are taken out by a nursery student.
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Legislative measures for the protection of children were consolidated during the 1930s. The first Children and Young Persons Act of 1933 protected children from cruelty and harmful employment conditions. As society changed, new policies were needed in all areas of children's services.

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Adoption and foster care

Cabinet Memorandum. Children and Young Persons Bill. Memorandum by the Home Secretary. 15 April 1932 (PDF, 0.548MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. Children and Young Persons Bill. Memorandum by the Home Secretary. 21 June 1932 (PDF, 0.740MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. Committee on the Treatment of Children Deprived of a Normal Home Life. Memorandum by the Home Secretary. 16 February 1945 (PDF, 0.651MB)

Cabinet Conclusion 6. Committee on the Treatment of Children Deprived of a Normal Home Life. 19 February 1945 (PDF, 1.399MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. Responsibility for the Care of Deprived Children. Memorandum by the Lord Privy Seal. 12 March 1947 (PDF, 1.637MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. Responsibility for the Care of Deprived Children. Memorandum by the Minister of Health. 12 March 1947 (PDF, 0.454MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. Responsibility for the Care of Deprived Children. Memorandum by the Minister of Education. 13 March 1947 (PDF, 0.458MB)

Cabinet Conclusion 6. Care of Deprived Children. 18 March 1947 (PDF, 1.867MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. Neglect and Ill-treatment of Children. Note by the Prime Minister. 3 April 1952 (PDF, 0.273MB)

Juvenile offenders

Cabinet Memorandum. Services for the Mentally Handicapped. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Social Services and the Secretary of State for Wales. 20 May 1971 (PDF, 20.131MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. Reforms of the Law and Practice on Children and Young Persons: Draft White Paper Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department. 5 April 1960 (PDF, 5.927MB)

Cabinet Conclusion 4. Legislation Reforms of the Law and Practice on Children and Young Persons: Draft White Paper. 9 April 1968 (PDF, 1.860MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. White Paper on the Children and Young Persons Act 1969. 24 May 1976 (PDF, 1.947MB)

Mental health services

Cabinet Memorandum. White Paper on Mental Illness Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Social Services. 23 July 1975 (PDF, 24.690MB)

Consolidation of local authority social services

Cabinet Memorandum. Implementation of the Report of the Committee on Local Authority Personal and Allied Services Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Social Services. 14 July 1969 (PDF, 1.215MB)

Cabinet Conclusion 3. Social Services. 16 July 1969 (PDF, 1.605MB)

Search using Children and Young Persons Act Mental Health Act Seebohm Committee

Further reading

Land, A., Lowe, R. & Whiteside, N., The Development of the Welfare State 1939-1951 A Guide to Document in the Public Record Office (London: HMSO, 1992)
Bridgen, P & Lowe, R., Policy under the Conservatives 1951-1964 A Guide to Documents in the Public Record Office (Kew: Public Record Office, 1998)
Glennerster, H., British Social Policy since 1945 (Oxford: Blackwell, 1995)
Lowe, R., The Welfare State in Britain since 1945 (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1993)

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Protection of children
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