Modern slavery NRM referrals for criminal exploitation
Dear Vale of Glamorgan Council,
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information in relation to the victims of forced criminality known as ‘criminal exploitation’.
For the six month period January to June 2023 please provide the following information:
The number of NRM referrals made by your local authority as First Responder relating to reported ‘criminal exploitation’ broken down by age, gender and nationality of the potential victim.
The number of NRM referrals made by your local authority flagged as ‘county lines’
For the NRM referrals for criminal exploitation for children under 18 years old how many were (i) in mainstream school, (ii) in alternative provision at the time of referral
For the NRM referrals for criminal exploitation for children under 18 years old how many had been (i) persistently absent from school or (ii) severely absent from school in the 12 months prior to referral.
For the NRM referrals for criminal exploitation for children under 18 years old how many were (i) a ‘looked after’ child or (ii) a child in need prior to referral.
For the NRM referrals for criminal exploitation for adults aged 18 years and above, how many have (i) had their care and support needs assessed and (ii) been provided with support under a support plan under the Care Act 2014.
If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.
Yours sincerely
Louise Gleich
Dear Louise Gleich,
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST
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referrals for criminal exploitation
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Vale of Glamorgan Council / Cyngor Bro Morgannwg
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Dear Louise Gleich
Thank you for your request for information with regards to Modern slavery NRM referrals for criminal exploitation, which we received on the 6th of July 2023.
Your request
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information in relation to the victims of forced criminality known as 'criminal exploitation'.
For the six month period January to June 2023 please provide the following information:
The number of NRM referrals made by your local authority as First Responder relating to reported 'criminal exploitation' broken down by age, gender and nationality of the potential victim.
The number of NRM referrals made by your local authority flagged as 'county lines'
For the NRM referrals for criminal exploitation for children under 18 years old how many were (i) in mainstream school, (ii) in alternative provision at the time of referral For the NRM referrals for criminal exploitation for children under 18 years old how many had been (i) persistently absent from school or (ii) severely absent from school in the 12 months prior to referral.
For the NRM referrals for criminal exploitation for children under 18 years old how many were (i) a 'looked after' child or (ii) a child in need prior to referral.
For the NRM referrals for criminal exploitation for adults aged 18 years and above, how many have (i) had their care and support needs assessed and (ii) been provided with support under a support plan under the Care Act 2014.
Our response
Unfortunately, we are unable to provide you with the information you have requested as we consider it to be exempt under Section 40 (2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. This exemption covers the personal data of third parties where complying with the request would breach any of the principles in the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). Providing the information you have requested we consider would breach principle (a) of the GDPR.
Section 40 is an absolute exemption for personal information and is not subject to the public interest test.
The legal definition of personal information contained in the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) is information that relates to a living individual, who can be identified from the information, or from other information held or likely to be held by the data controller. This would of course include names and addresses, however it would also include a wide range of other information which could be used to identify a individuals.
Please follow the link below for further information relating to 'personal data' on the ICO's website:
https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/gui...
In accordance with Section 17 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and for the reasons stated above, this letter acts as a Refusal Notice to provide the information requested.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original letter and should be addressed to: The Monitoring Officer, Civic Offices, Holton Road, Barry, CF63 4RU.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.
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Yours sincerely
Information Governance Officer
Legal Services
Vale of Glamorgan Council / Cyngor Bro Morgannwg
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e-mail / e-bost: [email address] or [email address]
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Dear Vale of Glamorgan Council,
Thank you for your response to my FOI request explaining your reasons for refusing the request under s40 related to personal information due to the low numbers involved.
Please could I ask you to review your response and consider if it would be possible to answer all or part of the following modified request a below.
For the six month period January to June 2023 please provide the following information:
(i) the total number of NRM referrals made by your local authority as First Responder relating to reported 'criminal exploitation' / forced criminality during the period January to June 2023
(ii) the number (or specify either zero or fewer than five, or fewer than ten) of these which are for adults (aged 18 or over) and
(iii)the number (or specify either zero or fewer than five or fewer than ten) of these which are for children (aged 17 or under)
Yours faithfully,
Louise Gleich
Dear Louise Gleich
Thank you for your email.
I have forwarded this to our Social Services department and asked them to check if a response can be provided to your revised request.
I will write to you again as soon as I have received any information.
Kind regards
Information Governance Officer
Legal Services
Vale of Glamorgan Council / Cyngor Bro Morgannwg
tel / ffôn: 01446 700111
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e-mail / e-bost: [email address] or [email address]
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Dear Louise
I have now received a response from our Social Services department to your revised request and can advise as follows:
For the six month period January to June 2023 please provide the following information:
(i) the total number of NRM referrals made by your local authority as First Responder relating to reported 'criminal exploitation' / forced criminality during the period January to June 2023
<5
(ii) the number (or specify either zero or fewer than five, or fewer than ten) of these which are for adults (aged 18 or over)
0
and
(iii)the number (or specify either zero or fewer than five or fewer than ten) of these which are for children (aged 17 or under)
<5
I trust this assists.
Kind regards
Information Governance Officer
Legal Services
Vale of Glamorgan Council / Cyngor Bro Morgannwg
tel / ffôn: 01446 700111
mob / sym:
e-mail / e-bost: [email address] or [email address]
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