Recommendation 22: Contingency plans for media interest

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

Recommendation

All agencies involved in child protection work should have a contingency plan to enable them to make an effective and appropriate response to media interest to be mounted if occasion should require it and consideration should be given to a more open approach than may have been traditionally adopted (15.48).

Jurisdiction: UK-wide

Page: 354

Reference: Summary of Recommendations, no. 22

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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Emergency contingency plans National emergency preparedness communication

Recommendation made 34.0 years ago