LAMI-5 Response Historic AI-assessed

National Agency to conduct or oversee and publish serious child case reviews

Recommendation

The National Agency for Children and Families should, at their discretion, conduct serious case reviews (Part 8 reviews) or oversee the process if they decide to delegate this task to other agencies following the death or serious deliberate injury to a child known to the services. This task will be undertaken through the regional offices of the Agency with the authority vested in the National Agency for Children and Families to secure, scrutinise and analyse documents and to interview witnesses. I consider it advisable that these case reviews are published, and that additionally, on an annual basis, a report is produced collating the Part 8 review findings for that year.

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
No specific published evidence detailing the establishment or operation of a 'National Agency for Children and Families' to conduct or oversee serious case reviews has been identified in the provided official sources. The Laming Inquiry was published in 2003, and no specific legislation or policy documents addressing this recommendation were found in the provided search results from legislation.gov.uk or gov.uk. No further published evidence has been identified since the inquiry's publication.
How was this assessed?
Assessed by gemini-2.5-flash on 19 Mar 2026
Checked data held on this site (government responses, progress updates, independent evidence)
External sources searched: www.gov.uk, www.legislation.gov.uk, hansard.parliament.uk
Jurisdiction
UK-wide
Response
Historic

No government response recorded.

Source
Report Laming Inquiry — Final Report 28 Jan 2003
Recommendation age 23.2 yrs
Last formal update No formal updates