Recommendation 165: Reporter to obtain police information

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

Recommendation

An express statutory provision should be made enabling the Reporter to obtain from the police any information or articles held by them so that they may be available for the conduct of a proof under Section 42, subject to their being immediately required for purposes of criminal proceedings (18.53).

Jurisdiction: UK-wide

Page: 361

Reference: Summary of Recommendations, no. 165

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

Inaccessible multi-agency patient information Fragmented NHS record access and information sharing Care safeguarding systems

Recommendation made 34.0 years ago