I use my unique statutory powers to stand up for the rights of children and to seek out any hidden issues affecting the most vulnerable.
Anne Longfield
Children's Commissioner for England

Business Plan 2019-20

The Children’s Commissioner’s business plan for 2019-20

Who are they? Where are they?

More than 200 children are deprived of their liberty but ‘lost’ in the system

Latest

Focus

Protecting and empowering children online and holding social media companies to account.

Digital

Shining a light on the extent and impact of child vulnerability in England.

Vulnerable children

Focusing on the mental health and well-being of detained children.

Behind closed doors

Supporting the well-being and aspirations of children in care and care leavers.

Children in care

Publications

Report | 13th June 2019

Advocacy for children

Children and young people’s advocacy in England
Publication | 11th June 2019

We need to talk: Access to speech and language therapy

Access to speech and language therapy
Publication | 20th May 2019

Far less than they deserve

Children with learning disabilities or autism living in mental health hospitals
Publication | 16th May 2019

Who are they? Where are they?

New data collection identifies more than 200 children who are deprived of their liberty but ‘lost’ in the system