§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if his Department intends to issue an explanatory circular to local authorities regarding the conduct of case conferences on children at risk, following the recent Court of Appeal ruling on disclosure of social work records.
§ Mrs. Virginia Bottomley[holding answer 25 June 1990]: The conduct of case conferences will be addressed in a revision of "Working Together", in the light of the Children Act, and in training materials commissioned from Nottingham university under the Depatment's central training initiative.