Child protection


Recent statements in this category are shown below:

  • Gloucestershire County Council (25 006 124)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 26-Jan-2026

    Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint that the Council shared information about him with his child’s nursery. The complaint is late and there are no good reasons for us to exercise discretion to consider it now.

  • Dorset Council (25 011 314)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 26-Jan-2026

    Summary: We cannot investigate Mr X’s complaint about Police bail conditions. Social Work England are better placed to consider his complaint about a social worker’s professionalism.

  • Lincolnshire County Council (25 012 255)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 25-Jan-2026

    Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s response to safeguarding concerns the complainant raised about her daughter. The child’s care has been the subject of court action and the issues raised in the complaint are closely related to matters which could have been raised in court.

  • North East Lincolnshire Council (25 013 647)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 25-Jan-2026

    Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about child protection action relating to the complainant’s children. Investigation would not lead to a different outcome and is not therefore warranted.

  • Lincolnshire County Council (25 012 063)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 22-Jan-2026

    Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint that the Council failed to act to safeguard his child. This is because the complaint is made late and I see no good reason to consider it now.

  • Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council (24 013 467)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 21-Jan-2026

    Summary: We cannot investigate Mr X’s complaint about how the Council dealt with safeguarding concerns he raised about a school. This is because Mr X has commenced court proceedings about these matters.

  • London Borough of Bromley (25 012 113)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 21-Jan-2026

    Summary: We will not investigate Miss X’s complaint about the Council’s children’s services involvement in her children being removed from her care. This is because it concerns matters that have either been considered in court or could reasonably be raised during court proceedings.

  • West Sussex County Council (25 019 481)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 21-Jan-2026

    Summary: We will not investigate Mrs X’s concerns about the Council’s response to her report of a safeguarding matter concerning a child. This is because there is insufficient evidence of fault in the Council’s response.

  • London Borough of Wandsworth (25 003 066)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 20-Jan-2026

    Summary: We will not investigate Miss X’s complaint that the Council failed to act to safeguard her child. This is because her complaint is made late and I see no good reason to exercise discretion to consider it now.

  • Somerset Council (25 011 549)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 20-Jan-2026

    Summary: We will not investigate Mrs X’s complaint about children services’ actions. The Information Commissioner’s Office and Social Work England are better placed.

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