asked Her Majesty's Government:

What measures are in place to ensure that personnel in appropriate government departments and public services, including schools, health centres, hospitals, the police, courts, job centres, post offices and libraries, are briefed on the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the United Nations reporting process, recommendations to the United Kingdom by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Government's response to those recommendations. [HL712]

Officials in the 12 government departments involved in the preparation of the forthcoming UK periodic report on the Convention on the Rights of the Child have been fully briefed on the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the United Nations reporting process and the recommendations to the United Kingdom by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child.

The Government do not routinely brief all personnel in government departments and public services on all aspects of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Detailed information on this convention is available at www.everychildmatters. gov.uk/uncrc.