Lancashire County Council (21 011 889)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 04-Feb-2022

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council’s LADO dealt with a complaint about Mr X. There is no evidence of fault.

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council (21 013 815)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 04-Feb-2022

Summary: We will not investigate Ms X’s complaint about the Council’s decision to place her children on a child protection plan. We cannot consider the merits of the Council’s decision where there is no sign of fault in the process by which it was reached.

Derbyshire County Council (21 016 289)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 04-Feb-2022

Summary: We will not investigate Mr and Mrs X’s complaint about safeguarding incidents involving Mr Y when he was a pupil at a special needs school and the Council’s actions in later years. We cannot investigate a complaint on behalf of Mr Y because he used his legal remedy against the Council at court. The complaint is made late. There is no significant injustice remaining which we can or should investigate.

Coventry City Council (21 014 336)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 03-Feb-2022

Summary: We cannot investigate this complaint about the actions of social workers. The matters complained of are not separable from those involving in an ongoing court process concerning the care of children.

Slough Borough Council (21 014 813)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 03-Feb-2022

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the actions of social workers towards the complainant and his children because we cannot achieve anything significant by doing so.

Lancashire County Council (21 014 879)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 03-Feb-2022

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council ignoring a court order about where Mr X’s grandchildren should live. Mr X has a right to return to court it would be reasonable for him to use as only a court can decide disputes about where children should live.

Staffordshire County Council (21 014 588)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 02-Feb-2022

Summary: We will not investigate Miss X’s complaint about an inaccurate children service’s report. It is unlikely we could achieve more than the Council’s offer to place Miss X’s comments next to the report.

London Borough of Bexley (21 014 340)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 02-Feb-2022

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s response to the complainant’s concerns about his daughter’s welfare. This is because it concerns matters which can be considered in Court.

London Borough of Lambeth (21 014 388)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 02-Feb-2022

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s actions in relation to the care of the complainant’s children. This is because the complaint does not meet the tests in our Assessment Code on how we decide which complaints to investigate. The decisions to remove the children were taken by the courts, and the matter is therefore not in our jurisdiction.

Sheffield City Council (21 013 818)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 01-Feb-2022

Summary: We cannot investigate Mr X’s complaint about a report the Council provided to a Court as it forms part of legal proceedings.