Speeches and Statements
Lambert Report - Written Ministerial Statement
Statement by Home Office minister Gerry Sutcliffe, on the government's response to the Lambert Report on the safeguarding of vulnerable young people in custody, on 18 September 2006.
On 16 September 2004, Paul Goggins, the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Correctional Services, announced the appointment of David Lambert, a former Assistant Chief Inspector of Social Services, to examine the operational issues raised by the tragic death of Joseph Scholes at Stoke Heath Young Offender Institution in 2002.
David Lambert completed his report in October 2005. The government has considered it and responsed to its recommendations. I am placing copies of the report and of the government's response in the Library of the House. The documents can also be accessed at:
- Lambert Report - press.homeoffice.gov.uk/documents/lambert-report-180906
- Government's response to the Lambert Report - press.homeoffice.gov.uk/documents/lambert-report-govt-response
As well as identifying procedures and practices that require further development, the report notes the positive steps that have been taken since Joseph's death to improve assessment, placement and safeguarding of young people in custody.
