Recommendation WATE-(52): Send private and voluntary care inspection reports to relevant placing authorities

From Waterhouse Inquiry — Final Report, published 15 February 2000.

Recommendation

Copies of reports of inspections of private and voluntary children's homes and of private residential schools should be sent to the Director of Social Services of any placing authority with a child at the school and of the authority in whose area the establishment is located.

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 Waterhouse Inquiry

Report Waterhouse Inquiry — Final Report 15 Feb 2000

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Themes and tags

Care safeguarding systems Quality and safety oversight Weak Government Accountability & Scrutiny

Recommendation made 26.7 years ago