LAMI-54 Response Historic AI-assessed

Allocate social workers to all children's cases or report unallocated cases monthly

Recommendation

Directors of social services must ensure that all cases of children assessed as needing a service have an allocated social worker. In cases where this proves to be impossible, arrangements must be made to maintain contact with the child. The number, nature and reasons for such unallocated cases must be reported to the social services committee on a monthly basis.

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
No specific published evidence detailing the allocation of social workers to all children needing a service, arrangements for contact in unallocated cases, or monthly reporting of unallocated cases to social services committees, 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
This recommendation requires implementation across many organisations. The assessment reflects central policy response, not adoption in individual organisations.
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