Recommendation 43: Record decision when Order cannot be executed

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

Recommendation

Where it is considered that a Child Protection Order should be executed but the Order cannot be effected immediately a clear written record should be made of the decision to obtain it, the reason for it and the reason why it cannot be immediately effected (16.15).

Jurisdiction: UK-wide

Page: 355

Reference: Summary of Recommendations, no. 43

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

Complaint record keeping failures

Recommendation made 34.0 years ago