| 97 5 January New Deputy Director General of Ombudsman institution Lise Puggaard will be the new Deputy Director General of the Ombudsman institution from 1 April 2018. 1 2 January The judgement in the Paposhvili case — the Ombudsman’s role A number of media have asked the Parliamentary Ombudsman if he is going to take up the case of the way in which the Ministry of Immigration and Integration has handled the judgement by the European Court of Human Rights on 13 December 2016 in the so-called ‘Paposhvili case’ and its implications for, among others, cases about humanitarian residence permits. … The Ombudsman is following the case, and after the upcoming consultation to which the Minister for Immigration and Integration has been summoned about the case, he will decide whether he has a basis for taking any initiatives in relation to the matter. 1 7 January New initiatives to ensure action plans are made for children placed in care outside their home Some children who have been placed in care outside their home do not have an action plan despite the fact that this is a statutory requirement and important for the individual child. But now several initiatives are being taken to ensure action plans are made for children placed in care outside their home, the Ministry for Children and Social Affairs writes in a reply to the Ombudsman. Following monitoring visits to residential institutions for children in care, the Ombudsman carried out an investigation of 26 cases about action plans, 20 of which gave rise to criticism. In May 2017, the Ombudsman therefore asked the Ministry for Children and Social Affairs whether it intended to take any measures as a result of his investigation. 1 8 January Problems in relation to use of force in secure residential institution 1 6 January The number of incidents involving use of physical force was high, the documentation was inadequate in some instances and several incidents had been recorded and reported too late to the relevant authorities. The Ombudsman has just asked the City of Copen­ hagen for a new statement in the case about the right of employees to pass on information to the press. These were things the Ombudsman’s visiting team learnt during a monitoring visit in May 2017 to Egely, a secure residential institution for, among others, young people who are remanded in non-prison custody during investigation of their case. For this reason, the Ombudsman has now sent the institution a number of recommendations. Ombudsman asks City of Copenhagen clarification questions about right of employees to pass on information to press