Government response Not tracked (historical inquiry)
Delivery No statement from the addressee found

Recommendation 41: New name for Place of Safety Order

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

Recommendation

To avoid confusion a name other than ‘Place of Safety Order’ or the corresponding English Order should be adopted and the title ‘Child Protection Order’ is used for convenience (16.13)

Jurisdiction: UK-wide
Page: 355
Reference: Summary of Recommendations, no. 41

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

Report The Report of the Inquiry into the Removal of Children from Orkney in February 1991 27 Oct 1992
Recommendation made 34.0 years ago