Question: "As a local authority children's services department, we have worked hard to listen to the "voice of the child". How do we know if we have done enough?
Peter Lewis: Only you and Ofsted can judge that. But it would be hard to do too much.
No doubt you meet looked-after children regularly. What difference does that make? Do you feed back what you learned and, crucially, what you did? You should be meeting regularly with local members of the UK Youth Parliament and your youth council. Be consistent. Meet, listen, discuss and debate, take away young people's priorities and report back. Write to them or invite them to get involved in planning the next steps.
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