Policy paper

The Peter Wanless and Richard Whittam QC review

An independent review of 2 Home Office commissioned independent reviews, looking at information held in connection with child abuse from 1979 to 1999.

• From: Home Office
• Published: 11 November 2014

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Documents

Wanless-Whittam review report

PDF, 272 KB, 38 pages

Annex A: Terms of reference

PDF, 72.1 KB, 2 pages

Annex B: ACPO retention policy

PDF, 504 KB, 2 pages

Annex C: Who we asked

PDF, 53.7 KB, 1 page

Annex D: What we asked

PDF, 92.3 KB, 6 pages

Annex E: Final report part 1

PDF, 3.4 MB, 39 pages

Annex E: Final report part 2

PDF, 511 KB, 6 pages

Annex E: Interim report

PDF, 3.12 MB, 31 pages

Annex F: Review 2

PDF, 367 KB, 33 pages

Annex G: Schedule of redactions

PDF, 65.6 KB, 3 pages

Annex H: Protocol

PDF, 566 KB, 2 pages

Annex I: 114 file schedule

PDF, 851 KB, 23 pages

Annex J - File prefix final

PDF, 121 KB, 11 pages

Details

On 7 July the Home Secretary announced to the House that Peter Wanless and Richard Whittam QC would be conducting a review of 2 independent reviews that were commissioned by the Permanent Secretary at the Home Office in relation to child abuse.

Publication of this review today is an important step in ensuring institutions take seriously their duty to protect children from abuse and to learn lessons from any failures.

Published 11 November 2014