1)For each financial quarter since April 2018, how many children have died in your area in cases where abuse and/or neglect were suspected or confirmed?
If you cannot provide figures for this exact date range, please provide data for the closest available date range and state clearly the dates that it covers.
By quarter I am referring to the following:
2018-19 (Q1 = April to June, Q2 = July to September, Q3 = October to December, Q4 = January to March)
2019-20 (Q1 = April to June, Q2 = July to September, Q3 = October to December, Q4 = January to March)
2020-21 ((Q1 = April to June, Q2 = July to September (please include the date in September data is correct to)
| Year and quarter | Number of deaths from abuse or neglect |
| 2018 – 2019 Quarter 1 | None |
| 2018 – 2019 Quarter 2 | None |
| 2018 – 2019 Quarter 3 | None |
| 2018 – 2019 Quarter 4 | * |
| 2019 – 2020 Quarter 1 | None |
| 2019 – 2020 Quarter 2 | * |
| 2019 – 2020 Quarter 3 | None |
| 2019 – 2020 Quarter 4 | * |
| 2020 – 2021 Quarter 1 | None |
| 2020 – 2021 Quarter 2 | None |
The use of the * symbol means that we hold the information but believe that disclosure may identify individuals, breach their rights under Data Protection law and therefore the information is exempt under the Freedom of Information Act Section 40(2) personal data.
2) Broken down by financial quarter, how many of the children in question 1 had been referred to the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub, or equivalent body for safeguarding children, prior to their death?
We hold this information but as disclosure may identify individuals and therefore breach their rights under Data Protection law we consider the information is exempt under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 Section 40 (2) Personal data.
3) Broken down by financial quarter, how many of these children were in the care, or partial care of social services teams?
We hold this information but as disclosure may identify individuals and therefore breach their rights under Data Protection law we consider the information is exempt under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 Section 40 (2) Personal data.
4) For your answer to question 1 above, for each financial quarter, please can you disclose how many were:
a) Babies (under 1 year old)
b) Toddlers/pre-school (between 1 and 4 years old)
c) Primary school age (4-11)
d) Secondary school age (11-18)
We hold this information but as disclosure may identify individuals and therefore breach their rights under Data Protection law we consider the information is exempt under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 Section 40 (2) Personal data.
The next question is about referrals to your Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub or equivalent body for safeguarding children.
By ‘referral’ I include those made officially by practitioners, teachers etc and any calls that may have been made via any publicly accessible helpline, website or online reporting form, whether anonymously or not.
5) For each quarter from April 2018 to September 2020, how many referrals were made about children to the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub or its equivalent?
| Year | Quarter | Number of referrals |
| 2018- 2019 | 1 | 1480 |
| 2 | 1444 | |
| 3 | 1147 | |
| 4 | 996 | |
| 2019 – 2020 | 1 | 1008 |
| 2 | 700 | |
| 3 | 674 | |
| 4 | 790 | |
| 2020 – 2021 | 1 | 823 |
| 2 ( not including September figure) | 574 |