3. Although there were structural changes within local government over the many years covered in this report, the key leadership roles responsible for the protection of children under the care of Lambeth Council remained with the director of social services, the assistant directors, elected councillors working as chairs or vice-chairs of the Social Services Committee or Sub-Committees, successive leaders of the Council and the chief executive.^[1] The individuals who held these posts during the main periods examined by the Inquiry are set out in the timeline in Part A.