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Recommendation LAMI-26: Prohibit closing vulnerable child cases until child seen and welfare plan agreed

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

Recommendation

Directors of social services must ensure that no case involving a vulnerable child is closed until the child and the child’s carer have been seen and spoken to, and a plan for the ongoing promotion and safeguarding of the child’s welfare has been agreed.

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