The Council was at fault in its adjudication that followed a stage three Panel review as part of the statutory children's complaints procedure. The Council has agreed to clarify to relevant staff that they are not empowered to challenge the stage three Panel’s findings.The Council has agreed to remind relevant staff that, where they propose to disagree with a stage three Panel’s recommendations, they should invite comment from all the Panel attendees and provide full reasoning for their decisionsThe Council has agreed to amend the template for the stage three adjudication letter to remove the line: “this adjudication will set out whether the council agrees with the findings and conclusions of the investigation”.