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DCSF, the Department for Children, Schools and Families of the UK government, leads work across Government to ensure that all children and young people in England:
- stay healthy and safe
- secure an excellent education and the highest possible standards of achievement
- enjoy their childhood
- make a positive contribution to society and the economy
- have lives full of opportunity, free from the effects of poverty
The DCSF web site is http://www.dcsf.gov.uk.
The Department for Children, Schools and Families is one of three new government departments set up by the Prime Minister (of the UK) on 28 June 2007; the others are the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (DBERR).
One of the oddities of the UK is that there is a UK government and devolved Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland governments but no English government.