A report of an investigation into alleged failings of vulnerable families’ cases by the family services division will be made public.

But it will remain confidential until it is presented to Tynwald in October, alongside a Council of Ministers response.

The investigation into the way the Department of Health and Social Care’s children and family services division managed case files and relationships was prompted by a Tynwald motion in April last year tabled by former MHK for Onchan Peter Karran.

Paul Burnett, independent chairman of the Safeguarding Children Board, and qualified social worker Bridget Griffin carried out the investigation between November 2016 and April this year. It is based on analysis of 10 cases that were identified by Mr Karran.

A draft executive summary of the report was shared with families, staff and politicians in June.

The aim was to test the key findings and recommendations with those who had participated, to ensure the authors had accurately reflected their contributions and to get some initial feedback.

The full report, revised in light of comments on the draft document, is due to be presented to Tynwald in October together with the government response and action plan.

CoMin tasked the social policy and children’s committee with developing the action plan which responds to the recommendations in the report.

The full report will be released to participants in the investigation two weeks before the Tynwald sitting.

But the Cabinet Office has defended the decision to keep the report confidential until then, insisting the release of any part of it in isolation ’risks creating inaccurate perceptions of the overall findings and prejudicing consideration of the recommendations and actions by politicians at Tynwald in October’.

In a statement it said: ’The authors have endeavoured to produce a fair and accurate investigation and would be very concerned if selective parts of the report were shared in the public domain prior to its consideration by Tynwald, an action which would undermine consideration of the whole report.’

Further information, including frequently asked questions, is available on the Cabinet Office website at https://www.gov.im/media/1358079/update-on-independent-report-on-children-and-family-services.pdf