Recommendation SP49: Audit of Young Adults Team transition assessments
From The Southport Inquiry Report: Phase 1, published 13 April 2026.
Recommendation
Lancashire County Council, with the Care Quality Commission, should commission an independent audit of the Young Adults Team to ensure assessments for transition to adult care are timely, properly reasoned and take full account of the individual’s history. This should report by 13 October 2026.
In brief (written by this site)
Lancashire County Council stated in May 2026 that options and a delivery plan were being developed between children's and adult social care to strengthen the transition pathway for young adults into adulthood services (Lancashire County Council, May 2026). It added that engagement had taken place with the Care Quality Commission to agree a shared methodology, timeline, and independent capacity to complete the audit, with outcomes and further actions to be agreed (Lancashire County Council, May 2026). The record holds no update since HM Government's response of July 2026 (Home Office response, Jul 2026).
AI-generated summary of the record on this page, checked by a second model and automatic checks, 26 Sep 2026. The record below is the sources' own words.
Government response
There are a further 27 recommendations that require delivery by organisations that sit outside central government. The government has written to all national, regional and local organisations responsible for delivering recommendations to highlight the findings of the Inquiry. The government will continue to work closely with these organisations to facilitate and support on delivery of these recommendations, and will report, as far as possible, on delivery of these recommendations alongside progress on the recommendations for central government.
How this response relates to the recommendation
Site note: The source gives this passage once, for paragraph 18, the 27 recommendations it says require delivery by organisations that sit outside central government. The response does not list those 27 or name this recommendation; the site places it in the group because the recommendation is addressed to a body outside central government. The same words are recorded on SP19, SP37, SP40, SP41, SP42, SP43, SP44, SP46, SP48, SP49 and SP61.
Blanket government agreement does not establish acceptance or delivery by each addressee. Some response passages cover groups of recommendations.
Scope of the government response
The government's response to Phase 1 (CP 1623, 2 July 2026) agreed with all 67 recommendations in one sentence, and names only 39 of them individually. Where a recommendation is not named, the response shown is the passage the response gives for the group it belongs to (the recommendations for organisations outside central government, or the recommendations to policing bodies), which is not a response to that recommendation alone; the response does not list the members of any group. The 10 recommendations for Phase 2 of the Inquiry to consider show no response: the response introduces them (paragraph 20) but answers none of them. The government accepts the recommendations that are for central government to deliver. Where a recommendation is for an organisation outside central government, the government's agreement is not that organisation's acceptance.
Delivery
Lancashire County Council says in progress (19 May 2026)
1.1 Options and a delivery plan are being developed between Children’s and Adults Social Care on further strengthening the overall pathway for Young Adults as they transition into adulthood services. 1.2 Engagement has already taken place with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) regarding this audit. A shared methodology, timeline and independent capacity will complete this audit, with the outcomes and subsequent further actions agreed with the CQC.
Responsible bodies
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Who has spoken
- Home Office
Response - Lancashire County Council
Delivery statement