Portsmouth City Council (24 021 887)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 22-May-2025

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about an assessment written by a social worker about Mr X’s family. There is not enough evidence of fault by the Council to warrant our further involvement.

Kingston Upon Hull City Council (24 022 066)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 22-May-2025

Summary: We will not investigate Mrs X’s complaint about the Council’s decision to place her children on a child protection plan. The Council has apologised and offered a small remedy payment for not completing assessments sooner and the impact this had on Mrs X’s family. There is nothing more we could achieve by investigating the matter further.

Nottingham City Council (24 022 814)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 22-May-2025

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about the content of the Council’s assessment about his children. This is because our intervention would achieve nothing significant.

Cheshire East Council (24 023 146)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 22-May-2025

Summary: We will not investigate Miss X’s complaint about the Council’s involvement with her child. The law prevents us from investigating anything that is or has been the subject of court proceedings.

North East Lincolnshire Council (24 023 183)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 22-May-2025

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s late complaint about the Council’s involvement with his child in 2019. The law prevents us from investigating anything that is or has been the subject of court proceedings.

Bracknell Forest Council (24 021 799)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 21-May-2025

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint that the Council failed to safeguard him from harm when he was a child. This is because, given the passage of time, we do not consider there is a realistic prospect of reaching a sound, fair and meaningful decision.

Liverpool City Council (24 022 653)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 21-May-2025

Summary: We will not investigate Miss X’s complaint about her contact with her children. Further investigation by us would not add to the responses the Council has already provided. We also cannot achieve the outcome Miss X wants.

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (24 022 689)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 21-May-2025

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about the Council’s involvement with his family. The complaint is late and there is no good reason to exercise discretion to consider it now.

Royal Borough of Greenwich (24 022 736)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 21-May-2025

Summary: We will not investigate Mrs X’s complaint about how the Council handled a Local Authority Designated Officer referral and the school’s actions following this. This is because we have not seen any evidence of fault to justify an investigation.

Norfolk County Council (24 022 895)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 21-May-2025

Summary: We will not investigate Miss X’s historic complaint about the Council’s child protection actions in 2010. The complaint lies outside our jurisdiction because it is late and there are no good grounds to exercise discretion to consider it now. Further to this, the matters appear to have been subject to court proceedings. The law prevents us from investigating complaints about matters that have been considered and decided in court. We have no discretion to do so.