A re-inspection of children's services at Surrey County Council, where serious concerns about how child sexual exploitation is dealt with were raised following a visit in 2014, concluded that leaders had been "far too slow" to accept and act on the findings and recommendations of that inspection.
"Too many of the most vulnerable children in the county are being left exposed to continuing harm for long periods of time before decisive protective actions are taken," the inspection report states.
Inspectors said children and their families experience repeated assessments and interventions in different parts of the service, often over periods of many years, and they do not achieve sustainable changes.
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