Annual Reports

CEOP: In 2012/2013, the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre safeguarded & protected 790 children – an increase of 85% on the previous year, and the highest yearly figure since the Centre launched in 2006.  It now brings the total number of protected children to 2,255 in its 7-year history.
 
Figures in its Annual Review & Centre Plan also reveal that CEOP dealt with 18,887 reports of abuse from the public & industry - a 14% increase on the previous year with an average of 1,600 reports per month. 

However, the Centre has warned that new trends in child sexual offending, and the growing availability of high-speed internet around the globe is likely to increase the threat to children.
Press release & links
 
Ofsted: Following the recent inspections of 28 schools in Norfolk in March 2013, Ofsted has written to Norfolk County Council to advise it of the findings. The focused inspections are part of a concerted programme of action by Ofsted to establish why children in some parts of the country have a much lower chance of attending a good or better school than their peers in other similar areas.
Press release & links
 
PC&PE: The Committee of Public Accounts has published its 1st Report of this Session; Ministry of Defence - Equipment Plan 2012– 2022 and Major Projects Report 2012.
 
The report welcomes the steps the Department has taken in setting out the affordability of its Equipment Plan.  The Department has made a good start, but the deep seated problems cannot be fixed overnight.  

In particular, there are ‘concerns about over-optimistic assumptions, the completeness & robustness of support cost estimates and risks to capability mean that we cannot yet have confidence that the Equipment Plan is affordable’.
Press release & links
 
DH: The Dementia Challenge champion groups have produced a report on their progress since the challenge was launched in March 2012. The report describes achievements in the 3 main areas of the challenge: driving improvements in health & care, creating dementia friendly communities and better research.
 
Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt has also announced that NHS England has set a national ambition to improve dementia diagnosis rates.  The plans aim to see two-thirds of people with dementia identified & given appropriate support by 2015, an increase from 39% in 2010 and the current average of about 45%.
Press release & links
 
DECC: The UK and Scottish Governments have published a report which considers the evidence base for developing renewables projects on the Scottish Islands

The report – Scottish Islands Renewables Project - shows that while there are significant potential benefits to developing renewables on the Scottish Islands, there are also considerable costs that need to be overcome.
Press release & links
 
CO: The second annual update on the government’s programme of public services reform has been published.  It includes:
* the government’s response to David Boyle’s review into barriers to choice in public services
* 3 further Choice Frameworks
* a new Choice Charter
Press release & links
 
DH: A PHE trend analysis report has shown that children from deprived areas are almost twice as likely to be obese than those in affluent areas.  
Press release & links
 
WAG: Health Minister Mark Drakeford has given a clear message to NHS managers to take action in response to the recent NHS Wales staff survey.  Only 19% of staff felt senior management within their organisation would act on the results of the survey.
Press release & links
 
Ofcom: A new Ofcom study into the problem of nuisance calls reveals the extent to which they are affecting UK consumers. 
Press release & links
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