HC Deb 20 November 1981 vol 13 c261W
Mr. Freeson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will introduce regulations to ensure that parents have the right to see the files kept on them in social services departments.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

No. Local authority social services departments need to keep sensitive information in their records, and they must judge the extent to which disclosure of these records is desirable in individual cases.