CHILDCARERS' VICTORY.Byline: ALLISON MARTIN TWO policewomen have been cleared of breaking the law over their childcare. Children's Minister Ed Balls said that private arrangements between friends and family, where there is no financial reward, will no longer have to be regulated. In a letter to Ofsted chief Christine Gilbert, he said: "When parents make their own reciprocal Bilateral; two-sided; mutual; interchanged. Reciprocal obligations are duties owed by one individual to another and vice versa. A reciprocal contract is one in which the parties enter into mutual agreements. childcare arrangements with friends, they retain full control and responsibility for the care their children receive, and this should not be a matter for regulation." Det Con Leanne Shepherd and her friend Det Con Lucy Jarrett shared a job at Thames Valley Police Thames Valley Police is one of the largest Home Office police services in England and the largest non-metropolitan one, covering 2200 sq mi (5,700 km²) and a population of 2.1 million. , and when one was at work, the other looked after their girls. But after a tip-off, an Ofsted inspector said this was illegal. Under existing rules, people who babysit for more than two hours at a time, or on more than 14 days per year, should be registered if there is a "reward" such as money or free baby-sitting. Det Con Jarrett, 32, of Buckingham, Bucks Bucks: see Buckinghamshire. : "We're delighted that common sense has won the day." |
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