FOI release

Children - Drug and Alcohol Testing Nov 2024

Case reference FOI2025/00026

Received 6 January 2025

Published 31 January 2025

Request

RE: FOI2024/01897 Follow-up Request:

Can you provide answers to Qs 1, 8 and 9:

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information regarding child protection in the UK.

1. Please could you supply the name, email address and telephone number of the commissioner with responsibility for children in need of help and/or protection.

8. For each financial year 2023/24 and 2024/25, how many hair drug and alcohol tests were conducted?

9. In a situation where hair drug/alcohol testing is used as evidence, do you have a preferred provider for this service? If not, please provide a list of providers used in these cases and the total expenditure with each provider for financial years 2023/24 and 2024/25.

Response

RE: FOI2024/01897 Follow-up Request:

Can you provide answers to Qs 1, 8 and 9:

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information regarding child protection in the UK.

1. Please could you supply the name, email address and telephone number of the commissioner with responsibility for children in need of help and/or protection.

8. For each financial year 2023/24 and 2024/25, how many hair drug and alcohol tests were conducted?

9. In a situation where hair drug/alcohol testing is used as evidence, do you have a preferred provider for this service? If not, please provide a list of providers used in these cases and the total expenditure with each provider for financial years 2023/24 and 2024/25.

Answer: Please see the attached Drug and Alcohol Testing Response Spreadsheet.

Documents

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