The Social Welfare Committee in Örebro Municipality is criticised for a delay in notifying the parties of a decision on transfer pursuant to the Care of Young Persons (Special Provisions) Act (SFS 1990:52)

Summary of the decision: A social welfare committee decided to transfer a youth to a special residential home run by the Swedish National Board of Institutional Care (SiS), and that neither the youth nor their parents were to be notified before the decision was executed. They were therefore not informed of the decision for four days.

In their decision, the Parliamentary Ombudsman notes that there were no legal grounds for the social services’ deliberate choice to delay notification. According to the Parliamentary Ombudsman, immediately on reaching the decision, the board should have notified them of the full content of the decision. The board thus failed in its processing of the decision and as such is deserving of criticism.