Part 1: Children Chapter 2: Safeguarding of children Section 20: Funding
This section adds a new section 16I into the Children Act 2004. References to subsections below are to subsections in that new section.
	Subsection (1) allows the safeguarding partners for a local authority area in England to make payments either directly, or by contributing to a fund from which payments may be made, towards expenditure incurred in connection with the arrangements made under sections 16E and 16F.
	Subsection (2) allows payments including remuneration, allowances or expenses to be made by the safeguarding partners to a reviewer or independent person.
	Subsection (3) allows the safeguarding partners to provide resources to any person for the purposes connected with the arrangements under section 16E or 16F. These resources may include (but are not limited to) staff, goods, services and accommodation.
	Subsection (4) allows the relevant agencies for a local authority area in England to make payments either directly, or by contributing to a fund from which payments can be made, towards expenditure incurred in connection with arrangements made under section 16E.
	Subsection (5) specifies that the ‘independent person’ in this section means the same as mentioned in section 16G(3).