Select committee: Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Recommendation 42
2nd Report - Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England
Published 27 Aug 2026
Addressed to Ministry of Justice
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Recommendation (the committee's words)
We have heard some concerns about the varying quality of reviews of deaths of children in care. The government should investigate these concerns to ensure that safeguarding partners understand their role in notifying relevant authorities of children’s deaths, and that reviews are undertaken where appropriate to investigate causes of death and to take appropriate action when shortcomings are discovered. (Recommendation, Paragraph 206) The ‘care cliff’
From: Human Rights (Joint Committee), 2nd Report - Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England (HC 161), 27 August 2026
Government response
No government response linked yet: deadline 27 October 2026, 5 days ago.