Summary

The government has revised the guidance about how local authorities should respond when a person who has grown up in care asks to see their care file.  The Guidance is statutory guidance: local authorities are required to follow this unless there is a good reason not to.  This guidance is in Volume 3 of government guidance called Planning Transition to Adulthood for Care Leavers.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/children-act-1989-transition-to-adulthood-for-care-leavers

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It states that care leavers have a fundamental right to access information held on their care records. [Para 4.28]

It makes it very clear that the principles and standards for good practice apply to all care leavers regardless of their age. [Para 4.27]

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