Cornwall Council was recently found by a Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman investigation to have made a host of significant failings when it accommodated a vulnerable 17-year-old boy in a tent and caravan over a summer. The investigation found that the council had provided inappropriate accommodation and had failed properly to assess the boy's ability to make decisions about his own safety, instead trying to place responsibility for the situation on the boy himself. It also found that the council did not plan adequately to have enough accommodation for young homeless people, and did not co-ordinate well with other local services such as mental health services.
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