Parental responsibility: children in care of the local authority: caseworker guidance
HM Passport Office guidance on how to deal with an application for a child in the care of the local authorities.
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This guidance tells HM Passport Office examiners how to deal with an application for a child in the care of local authorities.
Updates to this page
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Updated the section 'Scotland: kinship order' to tell the Quality and Examination Support team (QuESt), they must refer any guidance queries about Scottish Kinship orders, where the local authority do not have parental responsibility to the Senior Caseworking team.
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Guidance updated as detailed in section 1.3.
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This guidance has been updated to make it clear where a child (or young adult) is subject to a full care order the Director of Social Services (or equivalent grade) must give additional written consent in a covering letter if they did not complete the declaration.
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First published.