How many children under the care of social services have died between 1st January 2020-Now. Please can this be broken down by year up to and including any data for January 2024.
Of those deaths, how many were marked as having safeguarding issues?
This information is exempt from disclosure under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (Personal Data).
Devon County Council can confirm the requested information is held; however, the Council cannot disclose personal information if releasing it would contravene any of the provisions in the UK General Data Protection Regulation. In this instance release of this information would contravene the first data protection principle of disclosing personal information. Therefore, the information is withheld.