Children

It might be that changing circumstances would require substantial adjustment of an existing “pathway plan” made pursuant to the Children (Leaving Care) (England) Regulations 2001 (SI 2001/2874) in respect of, for example, accommodation, but it was difficult to see how a personal adviser could properly make changes to an operational plan (which might require budgetary provisions) to deal with such changes in circumstances. 

Further, the leaving care guidance, issued under s 7 of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970, was to be interpreted as meaning that a personal adviser could legitimately take the initiative in relation to a review of a plan, and that s/he could play a very active role in such a review.