85
Response
Accepted
Access to records for former child migrants
Recommendation
The Chair and Panel have recommended that all institutions which sent children abroad as part of the child migration programmes should ensure that they have robust systems in place for retaining and preserving any remaining records that may contain information about individual child migrants, and should provide easy access to them.
Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
- Between January and July 2020, multiple institutions that sent children abroad under migration programmes, including Action for Children, Barnardo's, Catholic Church, Cornwall Council and the Salvation Army, stated that they had systems in place for retaining and providing access to records (Government Response, Various Institutions, January-July 2020).
- In May 2023, the government noted that most named institutions had responded to this recommendation (Government Response to IICSA Final Report, HM Government, May 2023).
- No published independent audit of whether all named institutions have robust record retention systems in place as specified has been identified to March 2026.
- In May 2023, the government noted that most named institutions had responded to this recommendation (Government Response to IICSA Final Report, HM Government, May 2023).
- No published independent audit of whether all named institutions have robust record retention systems in place as specified has been identified to March 2026.
How was this evidence gathered?
Evidence searched by claude-opus-4-6 on 10 Apr 2026
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Jurisdiction
UK-wide
Section Reference
H
Response
Accepted
Response
Accepted
Accepted
UK Government
22 May 2023
Between January and July 2020, Action for Children, Barnardo's, Catholic Church in England and Wales, Cornwall Council, Father Hudson's Care, Salvation Army UK, Sisters of Nazareth, The Children's Society and The Prince's Trust committed to retaining and preserving remaining child migrant records.
Responsible Bodies
Child Migration Institutions
Primary
Themes & Tags
Recommendation age
8.1 yrs
Last formal update
1054 days ago