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LASSL (2002)4: Guidance on accommodating children in need and their families

  • Document type:
    Local Authority Social Services Letter
  • Author:
    Department of Health
  • Published date:
    27 March 2002
  • Primary audience:
    Professionals
  • Gateway reference:
    2002
  • Series number:
    LASSL (2002)4
  • Pages:
    3
  • Copyright holder:
    Crown copyright

This letter covers guidance to councils with social services responsibilities on providing assistance to families of children in need, and to lone children in the light of the recent Court of Appeal judgment in A v London Borough of Lambeth, and High Court judgment in J v London Borough of Enfield.

This circular is obsolete.

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