Government response
Not tracked (historical inquiry)
Delivery
No statement from the addressee found
Recommendation LAMI-98: Social services must inform police immediately of child criminal offence referrals.
From Laming Inquiry — Final Report, published 28 January 2003.
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.
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.
Themes and tags
Recommendation made
23.7 years ago