Child Protection Committees are locally-based, inter-agency strategic partnerships responsible for the design, development, publication, distribution, dissemination, implementation, embedding and evaluation of all child protection policy and practice across the public, private and wider voluntary/third sectors in their local authority area.
In East Ayrshire, the Child Protection Committee is a partnership between East Ayrshire Council, NHS Ayrshire & Arran, Police Scotland, Scottish Children's Reports Administration (SCRA), Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, East Ayrshire Children's Panel and the Third Sector.