Recommendation 18: School information on children in writing

From The Report of the Inquiry into the Removal of Children from Orkney in February 1991, published 27 October 1992.

Recommendation

Any information about children which is to be used for the purposes of their compulsory care and which is provided by their school-teacher should be provided in writing (15.38).

Jurisdiction: UK-wide

Page: 354

Reference: Summary of Recommendations, no. 18

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 Orkney Inquiry

Report The Report of the Inquiry into the Removal of Children from Orkney in February 1991 27 Oct 1992

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Themes and tags

Inaccurate and inaccessible patient records Fragmented NHS record access and information sharing Care safeguarding systems

Recommendation made 34.0 years ago