Safeguarding referrals received

The request was successful.

Michael Carroll-Owen

Dear Southwark Borough Council,

I would like to ask the following:

England & Wales Question:

Between the dates of 1st Jan 2019 and 1st of February 2020 how many safeguarding referrals have been received from the following organisations "Department for Work & Pensions", "Centre for Health & Disability Assessments also known as Maximus", "ATOS also known as Independent Assessment Services" and "Capita"?

Scotland Question:

Between the dates of 1st Jan 2019 and 1st of February 2020 how many "Adult Support & Protection" referrals have been received from the following organisations "Department for Work & Pensions", "Centre for Health & Disability Assessments also known as Maximus", "ATOS also known as Independent Assessment Services" and "Capita"?

Yours faithfully,

Michael Carroll-Owen

David Freeman, Southwark Borough Council

Southwark Council - Information request

Our reference: 1874886

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David Freeman, Southwark Borough Council

Southwark Council - Information request
Our reference: 1874886

Dear Mr Carroll-Owen,

Re: Your request for information: 1874886

Thank you for your request for information that was received on 11
February 2020 in which you requested:

I would like to ask the following:

England & Wales Question:

Between the dates of 1st Jan 2019 and 1st of February 2020 how many
safeguarding referrals have been received from the following organisations

"Department for Work & Pensions",

*Less than 10

"Centre for Health & Disability Assessments also known as Maximus",

*Less than 10

"ATOS also known as Independent Assessment Services"

0

and "Capita"?

0

*The council has information which provides a further breakdown of the
figures as outlined in your request, but has decided to withhold this
information for the following reason(s):

Personal data of any other person (third party data) is exempt under
section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act if the information
constitutes personal data (as defined by the Data Protection Act 2018) and
disclosure would breach one of the data protection principles.

Whilst this information by itself is not personal data, due to the small
number(s), in this case being less than 10, we consider that along with
other information that may be available to you it may be possible to
identify a named individual from these figures. As such, this information
constitutes personal data. Further, disclosing it would breach the data
protection principles relating to personal data.

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