City of Doncaster Council (25 012 940)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 03-Mar-2026

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s decision on a safeguarding matter. This is because there is not enough evidence of fault.

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (25 014 422)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 03-Mar-2026

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about children’s services’ actions and the Council’s complaints handling. The council has already examined Mr X’s complaint under the children’s statutory complaints procedure, and further investigation would not lead to a different outcome. Additionally, we cannot achieve the outcomes Mr X wants, and the Information Commissioner is better placed to consider data protection complaints.

London Borough of Croydon (25 015 190)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 03-Mar-2026

Summary: We will not investigate Ms M’s complaint about the Council’s concerns for her children because the matter is now before the Court. We cannot investigate complaints about matters which will be decided by the Court.

City of Wolverhampton Council (25 016 250)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 03-Mar-2026

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the qualifications of a worker the Council appointed to complete a report for court proceedings. The law prevents us from investigating what happened in court.

East Sussex County Council (25 014 075)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 02-Mar-2026

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council responded to a safeguarding disclosure Mr X said he made to its children’s services when he was a child. The complaint is late, and an investigation is unlikely to achieve a meaningful outcome. We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about Council’s complaint handling because there is insufficient evidence of fault.

Warwickshire County Council (25 014 326)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 02-Mar-2026

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint the Council has undermined its duty to support his Special Guardianship Order as an investigation is not warranted by the alleged fault.

Lincolnshire County Council (25 018 024)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Child protection 02-Mar-2026

Summary: We will not investigate Miss X’s complaint about the social worker allocated to her case which is subject to family court proceedings. This is because there is no sign of fault in the Council’s decision not to consider the complaint whilst there are ongoing court proceedings.

Lincolnshire County Council (25 020 913)

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

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint. Mrs X does not have parental responsibility for her great grandchild. The law also prevents us from looking at court action or anything that happened in court.

Leicester City Council (25 012 894)

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

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about the Council’s decision to limit his contact with his partner’s children. There is not enough evidence of fault to justify us investigating and there is no worthwhile outcome achievable by our investigation.

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council (25 012 970)

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

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s child protection enquiries. This is because the complaint is late. I have seen no reason why Mr X could not have come to us sooner.