FOI Request - Incidents of Gender Based Violence

Request 101003838648

In every year since 2020/21, the number of incidences of gender-based violence directed at female pupils, female teachers and female members of staff in schools covered by your local authority area. By gender-based violence, I mean physical, sexual, emotional, verbal or psychological abuse, violence, harassment or intimidation, as well as rape, coercive control, unwanted touching, the non-consensual sharing of sexual images or the threat of any of these acts.

Response 09-09-2025 

To get information prior to 2022/23 would entail reading through thousands of paper incident report forms. This task would cost the Council in excess of £600 of staff time. In accordance with section 12 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (excessive cost), we are therefore unable to comply with this part of the request.

2022/23 - 16
2023/24 - 19
2024/25 - 54