FOI Request - Children's Services Referrals

Request 101002951376

This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. My request is directed at your Children's Services Department.

I would like to request the following information:

1) Between 1st January 2021 and 31st December 2021, how many referrals were made to your Children's Services Department?

1a) Can you please determine how many of these referrals were made by an individual, a school or nursery, a police officer, GP, NHS Trust or other?

2) Between 1st January 2021 and 31st December 2021, how many cases was your Children's Services Department dealing with?

3) Can you please also provide the same data requested in questions 1, 1a and 2 for the following time periods:

Between 1st January 2017 and 31st December 2017
Between 1st January 2018 and 31st December 2018
Between 1st January 2019 and 31st December 2019
Between 1st January 2020 and 31st December 2020

Response 24-01-22

1) Between 1st January 2021 and 31st December 2021, how many referrals were made to your Children's Services Department? 2097

1a) Can you please determine how many of these referrals were made by an individual, a school or nursery, a police officer, GP, NHS Trust or other? Statistics are not recorded under the headings provided. This information therefore falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information Not Held. 

2) Between 1st January 2021 and 31st December 2021, how many cases was your Children's Services Department dealing with? This information falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information Not Held. 

3) Can you please also provide the same data requested in questions 1, 1a and 2 for the following time periods:

Between 1st January 2017 and 31st December 2017
Between 1st January 2018 and 31st December 2018
Between 1st January 2019 and 31st December 2019
Between 1st January 2020 and 31st December 2020

Response - Q1 - total referrals to made to the Children's Services Department (per year):

Between 1st January 2017 and 31st December 2017 : 81*

*Please note: referral recording began in Quarter 3 of 2017. Data prior to this date falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information Not Held. 

Between 1st January 2018 and 31st December 2018 : 1882
Between 1st January 2019 and 31st December 2019 : 2469
Between 1st January 2020 and 31st December 2020 : 2241

Responses for 2017 - 2020 for Questions 1a) and 2) are not held. This information therefore falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information Not Held.