LAMI-98 Response Historic AI-assessed

Social services must inform police immediately of child criminal offence referrals.

Recommendation

The guideline set out at paragraph 5.8 of Working Together must be strictly adhered to: whenever social services receive a referral which may constitute a criminal offence against a child, they must inform the police at the earliest opportunity.

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
No specific published evidence has been identified detailing actions taken to ensure strict adherence to paragraph 5.8 of the "Working Together" guidance, which mandates social services to inform the police at the earliest opportunity about referrals that may constitute a criminal offence against a child. The provided search results on gov.uk for "Laming Inquiry recommendation implementation" and "guideline set out" are too broad to indicate specific policy changes or enforcement measures.
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