Government response
Not tracked (historical inquiry)
Delivery
No statement from the addressee found
Recommendation WATE-(9): Make failure to report child abuse by staff an explicit disciplinary offence.
From Waterhouse Inquiry — Final Report, published 15 February 2000.
Recommendation
Consideration should be given to requiring failure by a member of staff to report actual or suspected physical or sexual abuse of a child by another member of staff or other person having contact with the child to be made an explicit disciplinary offence.
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
26.7 years ago