Recommendation LAMI-6: Establish a Committee for Children and Families to coordinate inter-agency services

From Laming Inquiry — Final Report, published 28 January 2003.

Recommendation

Each local authority with social services responsibilities must establish a Committee of Members for Children and Families with lay members drawn from the management committees of each of the key services. This Committee must ensure the services to children and families are properly co-ordinated and that the inter-agency dimension of this work is being managed effectively.

Jurisdiction: UK-wide

Government response

No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.

Delivery

No statement on delivery from the addressee has been found in the sources searched (last checked 27 February 2026). This is separate from the response above.

Source

Inquiry Laming Inquiry

Report Laming Inquiry — Final Report 28 Jan 2003

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Themes and tags

Underinvestment in Children's Social Care Public protection planning Poor health and social care integration

Recommendation made 23.7 years ago