Lancashire County Council (25 025 135)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 29-Sep-2026

Summary: We will not investigate Miss X’s complaint about the Council’s response to a safeguarding referral she made regarding a child in its area because there is insufficient evidence of fault.

London Borough of Barnet (25 029 774)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 29-Sep-2026

Summary: We cannot investigate Miss X’s complaint about children’s services’ actions during court proceedings. The law prohibits us from doing so. We will not investigate late complaints about events before proceedings, as there is not a good reason for the delay in Miss X bringing them to us. There is insufficient evidence of fault in the Council’s actions in sharing information following court proceedings. Other parts of the complaint are not about actions of the Council, or are matters it has not yet had the opportunity to respond to.

London Borough of Redbridge (26 017 551)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 29-Sep-2026

Summary: We cannot investigate this complaint about the Council’s decision to start care proceeding or information the Council provided during proceedings. This is because the law prevents us from investigating complaints about the start of court proceedings or what happens in court.

Blackburn with Darwen Council (26 017 798)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 29-Sep-2026

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about information rights. This is because the information Commissioner is a body better placed to consider Mr X’s complaint.

Gloucestershire County Council (26 017 945)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 29-Sep-2026

Summary: We will not investigate Miss X’s complaint about the actions of Council staff in connection with her child. This is because it is too closely linked with matters before the court, so we have no remit to investigate.

Salford City Council (26 018 021)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 29-Sep-2026

Summary: We cannot investigate this complaint about the Council’s care planning for children. The law prevents us from investigating complaints about what happens in court. For the rest, there is not enough evidence of fault in the Council’s handling of the children’s statutory complaints procedure to justify an investigation.

Cheshire West & Chester Council (25 025 623)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 27-Sep-2026

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about the Council’s involvement with his child. This is because the complaint is late and there are no good reasons to exercise discretion to consider it now.

City of Wolverhampton Council (26 017 357)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 27-Sep-2026

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about the Council’s response to his safeguarding concerns and its handling of his complaint. There is insufficient evidence of fault, and it is reasonable for him to raise his concerns as part of related court proceedings.

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council (26 017 085)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 24-Sep-2026

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s refusal to progress Mrs X’s complaint through its complaint procedure. There is not enough evidence of fault in the Council’s decision-making to warrant our involvement.

Somerset Council (25 018 429)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 23-Sep-2026

Summary: We will not investigate Ms X’s complaint because the Council proposed a way forwards and there is not enough evidence of fault in its handling of her complaint to justify our involvement.