FOI Request - Child Protection and Safeguarding Issues
Request 101002836282
Whilst all Child Protection and Safeguarding issues come under GIRFEC guidance, this FOI relates to the policies used or not used to progress matters in these cases. Please complete the following table within the FOI timescale:-
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 to now | |
| The number of safeguarding and child protection concerns given to centrally deployed officers (QIOs, education officers, QIMs, Service Managers, Heads of Service, Chief Education Officers and Directors of Education i.e. raised to central staff , not headteachers or school staff) which were dealt with under your local authority staff competence policy in 2019, 2020 and this part of 2021 to date of FOI (please break down each year in response). | |||
| The number of safeguarding and child protection concerns given to centrally deployed officers (QIOs, education officers, QIMs, Service Managers, Heads of Service, Chief Education Officers and Directors of Education) which were dealt with under your local authority social media policies in 2019, 2020 and this part of 2021 to date of FOI (please break down each year in response). |
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| The number of safeguarding and child protection concerns given to centrally deployed officers (QIOs, education officers, QIMs, Service Managers, Heads of Service, Chief Education Officers and Directors of Education) which were dealt with under any other local authority policies you hold in 2019, 2020 and this part of 2021 to date of FOI (please break down each year in response). If so, please state what policies were/are used. | |||
| The number of safeguarding and child protection concerns given to centrally deployed officers (QIOs, education officers, QIMs, Service Managers, Heads of Service, Chief Education Officers and Directors of Education) which were dealt with under no policy (if so please explain why dealt with not within policy framework) in 2019, 2020 and this part of 2021 to date of FOI (please break down each year in response). | |||
| The number of safeguarding and child protection concerns given to centrally deployed officers (QIOs, education officers, QIMs, Service Managers, Heads of Service, Chief Education Officers and Directors of Education) which were dismissed without any formal action in 2019, 2020 and this part of 2021 to date of FOI (please break down each year in response). |
Response 03-08-2021
Please note that the below response relates to information held by Education only. In accordance with section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 we cna confirm that this information is not held by Children and Families Social Work.
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 to now | |
| The number of safeguarding and child protection concerns given to centrally deployed officers (QIOs, education officers, QIMs, Service Managers, Heads of Service, Chief Education Officers and Directors of Education i.e. raised to central staff , not headteachers or school staff) which were dealt with under your local authority staff competence policy in 2019, 2020 and this part of 2021 to date of FOI (please break down each year in response). | The figures are so low that disclosure could risk identifying individuals. This information is therefore exempt under section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, 'personal information'. | 0 | 0 |
| The number of safeguarding and child protection concerns given to centrally deployed officers (QIOs, education officers, QIMs, Service Managers, Heads of Service, Chief Education Officers and Directors of Education) which were dealt with under your local authority social media policies in 2019, 2020 and this part of 2021 to date of FOI (please break down each year in response). |
0 | 0 | 0 |
| The number of safeguarding and child protection concerns given to centrally deployed officers (QIOs, education officers, QIMs, Service Managers, Heads of Service, Chief Education Officers and Directors of Education) which were dealt with under any other local authority policies you hold in 2019, 2020 and this part of 2021 to date of FOI (please break down each year in response). If so, please state what policies were/are used. | The figures are so low that disclosure could risk identifying individuals. This information is therefore exempt under section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, 'personal information'. | The figures are so low that disclosure could risk identifying individuals. This information is therefore exempt under section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, 'personal information'. | The figures are so low that disclosure could risk identifying individuals. This information is therefore exempt under section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, 'personal information'. |
| The number of safeguarding and child protection concerns given to centrally deployed officers (QIOs, education officers, QIMs, Service Managers, Heads of Service, Chief Education Officers and Directors of Education) which were dealt with under no policy (if so please explain why dealt with not within policy framework) in 2019, 2020 and this part of 2021 to date of FOI (please break down each year in response). | 0 | 0 | The figures are so low that disclosure could risk identifying individuals. This information is therefore exempt under section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, 'personal information'. |
| The number of safeguarding and child protection concerns given to centrally deployed officers (QIOs, education officers, QIMs, Service Managers, Heads of Service, Chief Education Officers and Directors of Education) which were dismissed without any formal action in 2019, 2020 and this part of 2021 to date of FOI (please break down each year in response). | 0 | The figures are so low that disclosure could risk identifying individuals. This information is therefore exempt under section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, 'personal information'. | 0 |