Inter-agency benefit data sharing

Inquiry recommendation

72match

WATE-(22) - Conduct inter-agency review of child abuse investigation procedures to issue guidance

Waterhouse Inquiry

In the light of the recent experience gained in both England and Wales in major investigations of alleged wide ranging abuse of children in care/looked after children, an inter-agency review of the procedures followed and personnel employed in those investigations should now be arranged with a view to issuing practical procedural guidance for the future. In any event...

Matched on terms: agency, inter, sharing

Inquiry recommendation

52match

SP36 - Sharing information about closed Prevent referrals

Southport Inquiry

Counter Terrorism Policing Headquarters and the Home Office should assess and issue clear guidance on best practice for sharing appropriate information about closed Prevent referrals. This guidance should ensure that relevant professional agencies outside Counter Terrorism Policing, including local police and referring bodies, are notified of a closure and provided with relevant feedback, unless strong legal or other...

Matched on terms: sharing

Inquiry recommendation

52match

LAMI-16 - Issue guidance on data protection and confidentiality for child welfare information sharing

Laming Inquiry

The Government should issue guidance on the Data Protection Act 1998, the Human Rights Act 1998, and common law rules on confidentiality. The Government should issue guidance as and when these impact on the sharing of information between professional groups in circumstances where there are concerns about the welfare of children and families.

Matched on terms: sharing

Inquiry recommendation

52match

RHI-18 - Inter-Governmental Framework

RHI Inquiry

More generally, we recommend a Northern Ireland government-wide framework for information exchange and, where appropriate, co-operation between the Northern Ireland Civil Service, Whitehall Departments and (where relevant) Departments of other devolved Governments and of the Government of the Republic of Ireland.

Matched on terms: inter

Inquiry recommendation

48match

SP27 - Cross-force information sharing review

Southport Inquiry

Lancashire Constabulary and Merseyside Police should review the effectiveness of their information‑sharing systems and consider whether a more robust process is required. Findings should be shared with the National Police Chiefs’ Council and College of Policing for consideration as to whether national level guidance is appropriate.

Matched on terms: sharing

Inquiry recommendation

43match

LAMI-24 - Alert education authorities when school-age child is not attending school

Laming Inquiry

Where, during the course of an assessment, social services establish that a child of school age is not attending school, they must alert the education authorities and satisfy themselves that, in the interim, the child is subject to adequate daycare arrangements.

Matched on terms: inter

Inquiry recommendation

43match

LAMI-17 - Explore feasibility of a national children's database for safeguarding children under 16

Laming Inquiry

The Government should actively explore the benefit to children of setting up and operating a national children’s database on all children under the age of 16. A feasibility study should be a prelude to a pilot study to explore its usefulness in strengthening the safeguards for children.

Matched on terms: benefit

Inquiry recommendation

35match

LAMI-23 - Notify receiving authority of out-of-area child placements and retain responsibility

Laming Inquiry

If social services place a child in accommodation in another local authority area, they must notify that local authority’s social services department of the placement. Unless specifically agreed in writing at team manager level by both authorities or above, the placing authority must retain responsibility for the child concerned.

Matched on classifier match

Inquiry recommendation

27match

SP25 - Operation Encompass cross-border extension

Southport Inquiry

Lancashire Constabulary should consider extending Operation Encompass to share automatically relevant information with schools in bordering areas. The Department for Education should consider national implementation. This is because children will not necessarily attend school in the same police force area as they live.

Matched on classifier match

Inquiry recommendation

27match

R31 - Additional database access for CRB

Bichard Inquiry

As a priority, legislation should be brought forward to enable the CRB to access the following additional databases for the purpose of vetting: Her Majesty's Customs & Excise; National Criminal Intelligence Service; National Crime Squad; British Transport Police; and the Scottish and Northern Ireland equivalents of the Protection of Children Act List and the Protection of Vulnerable Adults...

Matched on classifier match

Inquiry recommendation

27match

RHI-33 - HMT Communication Protocol

RHI Inquiry

The protocol for relations with HMT, namely that the Northern Ireland Department of Finance must be the sole conduit of formal communication, should be reinforced and widely understood across the Northern Ireland Civil Service. The Department of Finance, for its part, must recognise that its unique relationship with HMT places on its officials a responsibility to be alert...

Matched on classifier match

Inquiry recommendation

23match

HIA-9 - Social Security Payments Unaffected

HIA Inquiry

We also recommend that social security payments should not be affected by lump sum payments awarded by the HIA Redress Board.

Matched on classifier match

Inquiry recommendation

23match

WATE-(49) - Mandate joint inspection programmes for educational and welfare oversight of residential schools

Waterhouse Inquiry

The agencies responsible for educational and welfare inspections of private residential schools accommodating children with SEN pursuant to section 347 of the Education Act 1996 should be required to agree joint programmes of inspection and reporting.

Matched on classifier match

Inquiry recommendation

18match

P1-11 - Share HTA reports with reliant organisations

Fuller Inquiry

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust must proactively share Human Tissue Authority reports with organisations that rely on Human Tissue Authority licensing for assurance of the service provided by the mortuary.

Matched on classifier match

Inquiry recommendation

18match

R1 - National IT system for police intelligence

Bichard Inquiry

A national IT system for England and Wales to support police intelligence should be introduced as a matter of urgency. The Home Office should take the lead and report by December 2004 with clear targets for implementation.

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