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Recommendation LAMI-25: Require manager approval for child assessments and plans after seeing child and carer

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

Recommendation

All social services assessments of children and families, and any action plans drawn up as a result, must be approved in writing by a manager. Before giving such approval, the manager must ensure that the child and the child’s carer have been seen and spoken to.

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

Report Laming Inquiry — Final Report 28 Jan 2003
Recommendation made 23.7 years ago