Form

International child abduction unit: request for co-operation form

Form for local authority staff to ask the authorities in another country for information or assistance in a child protection case.

Published 26 January 2016

• From: Official Solicitor and Public Trustee

• Applies to: England and Wales

Documents

International Child Abduction and Contact Unit request for co-operation form

MS Word Document, 322KB

ICACU guide to completing the request for co-operation form

MS Word Document, 68.8KB

Details

You can also use the form to share information with the authorities in the other country.

Only use the form if you work for a local authority, for example as a social worker or lawyer for a social services department.

There is a separate application form for parents.

Send the form to the International Child Abduction and Contact Unit at icacu@offsol.gsi.gov.uk or the address on the form.

Read more on:

• cross-border child protection and the Hague Convention
• placing a child from an EU country into care
• working with foreign authorities to protect children

Published 26 January 2016