Child protection archive 2023-2024


Archive has 436 results

  • Cambridgeshire County Council (23 016 051)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 28-Mar-2024

    Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s safeguarding officer not investigating a matter after Ms X said a school and a teaching agency had withheld information. The role of the safeguarding officer did not extend to investigating the school’s own investigation of what was alleged. We cannot investigate the substantive actions of the school and the teaching agency.

  • Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council (23 010 123)

    Statement Upheld Child protection 27-Mar-2024

    Summary: The Council has recognised that there were faults in its child protection procedures when deciding whether to place the complainant’s son on a child protection plan. We have recommended a way to remedy the injustice caused which the Council has accepted. We are therefore closing the complaint.

  • Cambridgeshire County Council (23 018 815)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 27-Mar-2024

    Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s actions relating to a court process. The law prevents us from investigating what happens as part of court proceedings.

  • City of Doncaster Council (23 017 611)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 26-Mar-2024

    Summary: We will not investigate this complaint that the Council’s Local Authority Designated Officer did not respond to allegations made against Mrs X within a timely manner. This is because an investigation would not lead to a different outcome.

  • London Borough of Lambeth (23 014 629)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 25-Mar-2024

    Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about matters relating to the Council’s child protection involvement with his family. This is because there is no sign of fault in the Council’s decision not to consider his complaint until ongoing court proceedings have concluded. The Council has already offered Mr X a suitable remedy for its delay in informing him of its decision.

  • Oxfordshire County Council (23 018 492)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 25-Mar-2024

    Summary: We cannot investigate this complaint about the complainants’ children being removed from their care and later put up for adoption. This is because the matter has been considered and decided in court proceedings. The complaint is also made late.

  • Coventry City Council (23 018 678)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 25-Mar-2024

    Summary: We cannot investigate this complaint about how the Council dealt with child protection matters. This is because it is about what happened in court.

  • Medway Council (23 018 561)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 22-Mar-2024

    Summary: We cannot investigate Mrs X’s complaint about the Council's child protection involvement with her family because it lies outside our jurisdiction. The law prevents us from considering complaints about matters that are being, or have been, considered in court proceedings.

  • Derbyshire County Council (23 018 133)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 22-Mar-2024

    Summary: We will not investigate this complaint that a social worker was at fault in how she spoke to the complainant. This is because we could not add anything significant to the investigation the Council has carried out.

  • London Borough of Lewisham (23 018 250)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 22-Mar-2024

    Summary: We will not investigate this historical complaint about
    Ms X’s experiences of the care system between the 1970s and 2000. We could not carry out a meaningful investigation due to the time that has passed, nor could we provide the information and closure Ms X seeks. It is open to Ms X to contact the Information Commissioner’s Office about how the Council responded to her information request.

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