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Documents relating to the inspection into the governance of Rotherham council.

This page collates all the publications relating to Louise Casey’s best value inspection of Rotherham metropolitan borough council, conducted under section 10 of the Local Government Act 1999.

Professor Alexis Jay’s Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in Rotherham was commissioned by the council in October 2013 and published on 26 August 2014. Covering the periods of 1997 to 2013, it looked at how Rotherham’s Children’s Services dealt with child sexual exploitation cases. The report found evidence of sexual exploitation of at least 1,400 children in Rotherham in this period.

Given the serious failings highlighted by the Jay report, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles, appointed Louise Casey CB on the 10 September 2014 to carry out an inspection of Rotherham in relation to the exercise of its functions on governance, children and young people and taxi and private hire licensing.

Louise Casey’s report was published on 4 February 2015.

Documents

1. Report of inspection of Rotherham metropolitan borough council

   • 4 February 2015
   • Policy paper

2. Independent inspection of Rotherham metropolitan borough council

   • 28 November 2014
   • Correspondence

3. Safeguarding vulnerable children

   • 26 September 2014
   • Correspondence

4. Inspection launched into serious governance failings of Rotherham council

   • 11 September 2014
   • Press release

5. Governance in local government

   • 10 September 2014
   • Statement to Parliament