Recommendation 54: Lambeth foster carer vetting review
From Children in the Care of Lambeth Council Investigation Report, published 27 July 2021.
Recommendation
Lambeth Council should review the application of recruitment and vetting procedures for all current foster carers directly provided by Lambeth Council, to ensure that the procedures have been followed correctly. In addition, Lambeth Council should seek assurances from external agencies and other local authorities, in which children in the care of Lambeth Council have been placed, that recruitment and vetting procedures have been followed correctly for all foster carers and residential children's homes' staff working with children.
In brief (written by this site)
In its December 2021 action plan, the London Borough of Lambeth stated that it would ensure foster carers, councillors, and staff working with children have appropriate and up-to-date Disclosure and Barring Service certificates and "implement an online DBS process that enables better monitoring of compliance in line with safer recruitment practice" (London Borough of Lambeth response, Dec 2021). The record holds no update since the council's response of December 2021 (London Borough of Lambeth response, Dec 2021).
Sources
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
8.3 Make sure our current staff working with children, councillors and our foster carers have appropriate and up-to-date DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) certificates, and implement an online DBS process that enables better monitoring of compliance in line with safer recruitment practice (Recommendation 3).
Delivery
No statement on delivery from London Borough of Lambeth has been found in the sources searched (last checked 2 October 2026). This is separate from the response above.
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Who has spoken
- London Borough of Lambeth
Response