Please could you provide the following information:
1. How many concluded section 42 safeguarding enquiries for ‘financial or material abuse’ took place for working age adults (18-64 years) for each of the following years:
a. 2018/19
b. 2020/21
c. 2021/2
d. 2022/3
e. 2023/4
f. 2024/25 (if available)
2. How many other safeguarding concerns for ‘financial or material abuse’ were logged for working age adults (18-64 years) for each of the following years:
a. 2018/19
b. 2020/21
c. 2021/2
d. 2022/3
e. 2023/4
f. 2024/25 (if available)
3. For both of the above questions 1 and 2, please also provide the breakdown of the source of risk of the safeguarding enquiry or concern, i.e. how many relate to a service provider, known to individual, not known to individual.
The answers to questions 1-3 can be found below.
S42 Completed Enquiries | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 | 2022-2023 | 2023-2024 | 2024-2025 |
Service Provider | 9 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 7 |
Other – Known to Individual | 76 | 101 | 152 | 126 | 82 | 91 | 106 |
Other – Unknown to Individual | 14 | 16 | 14 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 24 |
Other Completed Enquiries | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 | 2022-2023 | 2023-2024 | 2024-2025 |
Service Provider | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other – Known to Individual | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
Other – Unknown to Individual | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |