Government response
Not tracked (historical inquiry)
Delivery
No statement from the addressee found
Recommendation WATE-(55): Assign children's services policy and oversight to Assistant Director level manager
From Waterhouse Inquiry — Final Report, published 15 February 2000.
Recommendation
The responsibility for policy and service development and for oversight of the delivery of a local authority's children's services should be assigned to one member of the social services department management team of at least Assistant Director status.
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.
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Recommendation made
26.7 years ago