1. Please provide a list of all safeguarding incidents which have occurred in special school calming/secure/sensory/quiet rooms since January 1st 2019. Please detail when the incidents occurred, a description of what was alleged to have occurred and who reported it, any action taken in response and any outcomes.
Devon County Council does not hold this information.
2. Please detail any Section 47 safeguarding referrals or complex abuse investigations relating to such incidents or practices which have occurred in the period. Please state what the allegations were, provide a description of the incident and detail the nature of the investigation along with any outcomes.
Compliance with this request would exceed the appropriate cost limit under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which is £450 or 18 hours of officer time. The Council does not hold a centralised record of this data. As such a manual check of each of the thousands of Section 47 enquiries received would be required. To locate and extract the requested information would take approximately 20 minutes per enquiry, which would far exceed the appropriate limit.
In the interests of providing advice and assistance, please refer to this government webpage, which can be used to search for the number of Section 47 enquiries received by the Council.