90 | Annual Report 2018 incident in which the 16-year-old boy suffered burns. However, the Ombudsman was of the opinion that correct observance of the rules would – other things being equal – have been likely to contribute to preventing the chain of events. 2018-33. Municipality made significant processing errors in four cases about returns of children and young people in care outside their home The Ombudsman carried out an investigation of a municipality��s processing of four cases about returns of children and young people who had been placed in care outside their home. The cases investigated by the Ombudsman were randomly selected from a total of 12 cases about returns in which the municipality had made decisions within a specified period of time. In the Ombudsman’s opinion the municipality’s processing of the cases was overall a matter for severe criticism. One reason for this was that in none of the four cases the municipality appeared to have revised the chil­d­ren’s or young people’s action plans before their return and specified the further measures to be taken in connection with their return. In addition, the municipality did not appear to have carried out a consultation with the child or young person about his or her return in any of the four cases before making its decision. Further, in the three cases in which the children or young people were aged 12 or over, the municipality did not appear to have communicated to them its decisions that they were to be returned home. In the Ombudsman’s opinion the decisions should have been communicated to them in writing – or have been con­firmed to them in writing very soon after the decisions had been made – and under sections 22-25 of the Pub­lic Administration Act, the grounds for the decisions should have been stated and the decisions should have been accompanied by guidance on appeal. In two of the decisions, the parents had not been given adequate grounds by the municipality for its decision. Further, the municipality had failed to notify its committee for children and young people in accordance with the provisions of the Social Services Act in connection with the return of a young person who had been placed in care without his parents’ consent. Overall, the Ombudsman’s review of the cases gave cause for general concern about the municipality’s processing of cases about returns of children and young people in care. The Ombudsman therefore asked the municipality to inform him how it would in future ensure that cases about returns would be processed in accordance with the legislation and in accordance with what was stated in his report. On account of the nature of the case, the Ombudsman found cause to notify the municipal council of the case. Further, as the issues involved in the case could be of general relevance in cases about returns of children and young people in care, the Ombudsman also decided to notify the National Social Appeals Board and Local Government Denmark (the association and interest organisation of the 98 Danish municipalities) of his report. 2018-34. Information in case about renewal of alcohol licence was not environmental information The Licensing Board of the City of Copenhagen partially refused a man access to two documents which were part of a case about renewal of an alcohol licence for a pub. One of the documents was a recommendation for the Board’s decision prepared by the Secretariat to the Board, the other was the Board’s decision. The Board’s partial refusal of access was subsequently upheld by the Culture and Leisure Committee of the City of Copenhagen.