Abuse or neglect in nurseries for the last five financial years, including 2023/24
Case reference FOI2024/01119
Received 27 June 2024
Published 25 July 2024
Request
Please provide the following information concerning abuse or neglect in nurseries for each of the last five financial years, including 2023/24.
1/ Please provide a list of all safeguarding referrals (typically known as section 47 referrals) relating to alleged abuse or neglect in nurseries for each year.
Please provide the following break down for each one:
a) Year
b) Nature of abuse i.e. neglect/ physical abuse/ sexual abuse
c) Brief description of allegation i.e. child was struck on the head by staff member recorded on CCTV
d) Whether there was a LADO referral or not
e) Outcome of investigation into incident (make clear who carried it out): i.e. substantiated
f) Whether there was a complex abuse investigation (typically carried out by the local authority and police)
2/ Please provide the highest number of allegations received in total in relation to an individual nursery over the entire period and detail how many were substantiated over the entire period (i.e. not year by year).
If you are responding to this request on behalf of multiple of local authorities, please provide a response for all of them rather than query if a response is required for all of them.
Response
Please provide the following information concerning abuse or neglect in nurseries for each of the last five financial years, including 2023/24.
1/ Please provide a list of all safeguarding referrals (typically known as section 47 referrals) relating to alleged abuse or neglect in nurseries for each year.
Please provide the following break down for each one:
a) Year
b) Nature of abuse i.e. neglect/ physical abuse/ sexual abuse
c) Brief description of allegation i.e. child was struck on the head by staff member recorded on CCTV
d) Whether there was a LADO referral or not
e) Outcome of investigation into incident (make clear who carried it out): i.e. substantiated
f) Whether there was a complex abuse investigation (typically carried out by the local authority and police)
2/ Please provide the highest number of allegations received in total in relation to an individual nursery over the entire period and detail how many were substantiated over the entire period (i.e. not year by year).
If you are responding to this request on behalf of multiple of local authorities, please provide a response for all of them rather than query if a response is required for all of them.
A) The Service area have advised they do not hold this information as they do not routinely record the location of where potential abuse is taking place.
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