Catalogue description Records of The Victoria Climbié Inquiry

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Reference: VC
Title: Records of The Victoria Climbié Inquiry
Description:

The Victoria Climbié Inquiry was set up to reach conclusions as to the circumstances leading to the death of a child, Victoria Adjo Climbié, at the hands of her relatives and to make recommendations to the Secretary of State for Health and to the Secretary of State for the Home Department as to how such an event may be avoided in the future.

The records of final version of the website maintained by the inquiry which were originally in VC 1 have been transferred to VC 2 as part of the programme of migration of digital records at The National Archives in March 2008.

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Date: 2001-2003
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

The Victoria Climbié Inquiry, 2001-2003
Physical description: 3 series
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Administrative / biographical background:

On 25 February 2000, Victoria Adjo Climbié died in the Intensive Care Unit at St Mary's Hospital Paddington. She died as a result of months of appalling ill-treatment at the hands of those who were supposed to be caring for her. Following the conviction and life imprisonment of Marie-Therese Kouao and Carl Manning for her murder, the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for the Home Department appointed Lord Laming on 20 April 2001 to conduct three statutory inquiries, which together would be known as The Victoria Climbié Inquiry.

The first inquiry was established under section 81 of the Children Act 1989. It was concerned with the functions of local authority social services committees and the way they relate to children. The second inquiry was established under section 84 of the National Health Service Act 1977 and was concerned with matters arising under that Act. The third inquiry was established under section 49 of the Police Act 1996 and was concerned with policing.

Lord Laming decided to hold the inquiry in public and the hearings began on 26 September 2001 and evidence-gathering was formally closed on 31 July 2002. The final report was presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for the Home Department in January 2003.

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