Recommendation LAMI-35: Ensure children subject to harm allegations are seen within 24 hours

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

Recommendation

Directors of social services must ensure that children who are the subject of allegations of deliberate harm are seen and spoken to within 24 hours of the allegation being communicated to social services. If this timescale is not met, the reason for the failure must be recorded on the case file.

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

Care safeguarding systems Underinvestment in Children's Social Care Public protection planning

Recommendation made 23.7 years ago