The Climbie inquiry heard that during the
three-months Ealing dealt with Kouao and Victoria social services
had never completed an assessment of the child's individual needs,
made a home visit, or found out why she was not placed in a
school.
Giving evidence, Sarah Stollard, team manager
of the referral and assessment team, said at the time of Climbie's
case they had a backlog of 200 cases and Victoria was not
considered a priority. Stollard added: "She she did not present as
a child that other agencies were concerned about. It was an
accommodation issue and a finance issue. We did not go looking for
child protection issues."