Safeguarding of children in Wales
Dear Flintshire County Council,
Please treat this email as a request under the Freedom of Information Act.
1) For each financial quarter since April 2018, how many children have died in your area in cases where abuse and/or neglect were suspected or confirmed?
If you cannot provide figures for this exact date range, please provide data for the closest available date range and state clearly the dates that it covers.
By quarter I am referring to the following:
2018-19 (Q1 = April to June, Q2 = July to September, Q3 = October to December, Q4 = January to March)
2019-20 (Q1 = April to June, Q2 = July to September, Q3 = October to December, Q4 = January to March)
2020-21 ((Q1 = April to June, Q2 = July to September (please include the date in September data is correct to)
2) Broken down by financial quarter, how many of the children in question 1 had been referred to the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub, or equivalent body for safeguarding children, prior to their death?
3) Broken down by financial quarter, how many of these children were in the care, or partial care of social services teams?
4) For your answer to question 1 above, for each financial quarter, please can you disclose how many were:
a) Babies (under 1 year old)
b) Toddlers/pre-school (between 1 and 4 years old)
c) Primary school age (4-11)
d) Secondary school age (11-18)
The next question is about referrals to your Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub or equivalent body for safeguarding children.
By “referral” I include those made officially by practitioners, teachers etc and any calls that may have been made via any publicly accessible helpline, website or online reporting form, whether anonymously or not.
5) For each quarter from April 2018 to September 2020, how many referrals were made about children to the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub or its equivalent?
If you cannot provide a figure for this exact date range, please provide data for the closest available date range and state clearly the dates that it covers
Please provide the data in an Excel spreadsheet, filetype .xls, .xlsx or .csv. Please do not use a pdf.
Yours faithfully,
BBC Shared Data Unit
Dear BBC Shared Data Unit
I write to acknowledge receipt of your Freedom of Information request
received 07/09/2020 which has been given the reference number F00018974.
Your request has been forwarded to the Freedom of Information Act Contact
Officer for Social Services to process and this Officer will be in contact
with you.
A response should be provided to you by 05/10/2020 which is in accordance
with the legislation.
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Gellir cynnwys y ddogfen gyfathrebu hon ac unrhyw ddogfennau amgaeêdig yn
amodol ar hawlfraint. Hyn anfonwyd atoch er gwybodaeth i chi a gallwch ei
ddefnyddio ar gyfer unrhyw ymchwil anfasnachol yr ydych yn ei wneud neu
ymgymryd â. Gellir hefyd defnyddio ei gynnwys at ddibenion adrodd
newyddion. Os oes angen i chi ailddefnyddio’r wybodaeth mewn unrhyw fordd
arall, er enghraifft, cyhoeddi neu gyhoeddi masnachol ar wefan, mae angen
caniatâd gyn y Cyngor. Os hoffech ailddefnyddio’r wybodaeth, cysylltwch â
ni, gan roi gwybod i ni sut rydych chi yn bwriadu ei ailddefnyddio a beth
fydd y gynulleidfa a fwriadwyd fel y gallwn ystyriwch eich cais. Dylid
anfon y wybodaeth hon at: Rheolwr Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth, Tîm
Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth, Neuadd Y Sir, Yr Wyddgrug, Sir Y Fflint, CH7 6NB,
neu drwy e-bostio [email address].
Os ydych yn anfodlon â’r modd y mae’r Cyngor wedi ymdrin eich cais am
wybodaeth, gallwch ofyn am adolygiad mewnol o fewn 2 fis o dyddiad yr
ymateb hwn. Lle mae’ch cwyn yn un cymhleth efallai na fydd yn bosib delio
ag ef o fewn yr amserlen uchod. Mewn sefyllfa o’r fath, bydd adroddiad
cynnydd yn cael ei anfon o fewn yr amserlen.
Dylech anfon cais am adolygiad mewnol i’r Rheolwr Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth
y Cyngor:
Team Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth, Neuadd y Sir, Yr Wyddgrug, Sir Y Fflint, CH7
6NB
Neu drwy e-bostio [Flintshire County Council request email]
Cofiwch ddyfynnu rhif cyfeirnod eich cais gwreiddiol.
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Cheshire, SK9 5AF
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Dear Sirs,
In relation to your Freedom of Information request please can you provide
your real name in order for Flintshire to process this.
Many Thanks
Rachael Strand
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FOI & DP Contact Officer | Swyddog Cyswllt Rhyddid Gwybodaeth
Social Services / Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol
Flintshire County Council | Cyngor Sir y Fflint
Ty Dewi Sant, St Davids Park, Ewloe, Flintshire, CH5 3XT / Ty Dewi Sant,
St David’s Park, Ewloe, Sir y Fflint CH5 3XT
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to a delay
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yn yr un iaith. Ni fydd defnyddio’r naill iaith na’r llall yn arwain at
oedi.
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chasgliadau nac unrhyw wybodaeth arall yn y neges hon,
nad ydynt yn berthnasol i waith swyddogol
Cyngor Sir y Fflint, yn cael eu cynnig na'u cadarnhau ganddo
nac ar ei ran, ac felly ni fydd Cyngor Sir y Fflint yn derbyn
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Dear Rachael,
Please accept my apologies for failing to include my name. I'm happy to do so now.
Yours sincerely,
Daniel Wainwright
BBC Shared Data Unit
Dears Sirs,
Further to your Freedom of Information request dated 7/9/2020 Flintshire
have responded below-
1) For each financial quarter since April 2018, how many children have died in your area in cases where abuse and/or neglect were suspected or confirmed?
Since April 2018 Flintshire Social Services have had no cases of the above.
If you cannot provide figures for this exact date range, please provide data for the closest available date range and state clearly the dates that it covers.
By quarter I am referring to the following:
2018-19 (Q1 = April to June, Q2 = July to September, Q3 = October to December, Q4 = January to March)
2019-20 (Q1 = April to June, Q2 = July to September, Q3 = October to December, Q4 = January to March)
2020-21 ((Q1 = April to June, Q2 = July to September (please include the date in September data is correct to)
2) Broken down by financial quarter, how many of the children in question 1 had been referred to the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub, or equivalent body for safeguarding children, prior to their death? N/A
3) Broken down by financial quarter, how many of these children were in the care, or partial care of social services teams? N/A
4) For your answer to question 1 above, for each financial quarter, please can you disclose how many were:
a) Babies (under 1 year old)
b) Toddlers/pre-school (between 1 and 4 years old)
c) Primary school age (4-11)
d) Secondary school age (11-18)
N/A
The next question is about referrals to your Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub or equivalent body for safeguarding children.
By “referral” I include those made officially by practitioners, teachers etc and any calls that may have been made via any publicly accessible helpline, website or online reporting form, whether anonymously or not.
5) For each quarter from April 2018 to September 2020, how many referrals were made about children to the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub or its equivalent?
If you cannot provide a figure for this exact date range, please provide data for the closest available date range and state clearly the dates that it covers
This information has been provided on the attached spreadsheet.
Yours Sincerely
Freedom of Information Officer
Social Services
Flintshire County Council
If you are dissatisfied with the Council’s handling of your request for
information, you can ask for an internal review within 2 months of the
date of this response. Where your complaint is a complex one it may not
be possible to deal with it within the above timescales. In such a
situation a progress report will be sent within the above timescales.
Requests for an internal review should be addressed to the
Council’s Information Governance Manager at:
Information Governance Team,
County Hall,
Mold,
CH7 6NA
Or by emailing [1][Flintshire County Council request email]
Please remember to quote your original request’s reference number.
You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner.
The Information Commissioner can be contacted at the following address:
Information Commissioner’s Office,
Wycliffe House,
Water Lane,
Wilmslow,
Cheshire,
SK9 5AF.
However, please note that the Commissioner will not normally investigate
a complaint until it has been through our own internal review process.
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Flintshire County Council, County Hall, Mold, Flintshire CH7 6NB, or
[2][email address].
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publication on a website, requires the permission of this Council. If you
wish to re-use this information please contact us, letting us know how you
wish to re-use it and what the intended audience will be so that we can
consider your request. This information should be sent to: The Information
Governance Manager, Information Governance Team, Flintshire County
Council, County Hall, Mold, Flintshire CH7 6NB, or
[email address].
If you are dissatisfied with the Council’s handling of your request for
information, you can ask for an internal review within 2 months of the
date of this response. Where your complaint is a complex one it may not be
possible to deal with it within the above timescales. In such a situation
a progress report will be sent within the above timescales.
Requests for an internal review should be addressed to the Council’s
Information Governance Manager at:
Information Governance Team, County Hall, Mold, CH7 6NA
Or by emailing [Flintshire County Council request email]
Please remember to quote your original request’s reference number.
You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner. The
Information Commissioner can be contacted at the following address:
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF
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complaint until it has been through our own internal review process.
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Gellir cynnwys y ddogfen gyfathrebu hon ac unrhyw ddogfennau amgaeêdig yn
amodol ar hawlfraint. Hyn anfonwyd atoch er gwybodaeth i chi a gallwch ei
ddefnyddio ar gyfer unrhyw ymchwil anfasnachol yr ydych yn ei wneud neu
ymgymryd â. Gellir hefyd defnyddio ei gynnwys at ddibenion adrodd
newyddion. Os oes angen i chi ailddefnyddio’r wybodaeth mewn unrhyw fordd
arall, er enghraifft, cyhoeddi neu gyhoeddi masnachol ar wefan, mae angen
caniatâd gyn y Cyngor. Os hoffech ailddefnyddio’r wybodaeth, cysylltwch â
ni, gan roi gwybod i ni sut rydych chi yn bwriadu ei ailddefnyddio a beth
fydd y gynulleidfa a fwriadwyd fel y gallwn ystyriwch eich cais. Dylid
anfon y wybodaeth hon at: Rheolwr Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth, Tîm
Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth, Neuadd Y Sir, Yr Wyddgrug, Sir Y Fflint, CH7 6NB,
neu drwy e-bostio [email address].
Os ydych yn anfodlon â’r modd y mae’r Cyngor wedi ymdrin eich cais am
wybodaeth, gallwch ofyn am adolygiad mewnol o fewn 2 fis o dyddiad yr
ymateb hwn. Lle mae’ch cwyn yn un cymhleth efallai na fydd yn bosib delio
ag ef o fewn yr amserlen uchod. Mewn sefyllfa o’r fath, bydd adroddiad
cynnydd yn cael ei anfon o fewn yr amserlen.
Dylech anfon cais am adolygiad mewnol i’r Rheolwr Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth
y Cyngor:
Team Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth, Neuadd y Sir, Yr Wyddgrug, Sir Y Fflint, CH7
6NB
Neu drwy e-bostio [Flintshire County Council request email]
Cofiwch ddyfynnu rhif cyfeirnod eich cais gwreiddiol.
Mae gennych hawl hefyd i gwyno wrth y Comisiynydd Gwybodaeth. Gallwch
gysylltu â’r Comisiynydd Gwybodaeth yn y cyfeiriad canlynol:
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF
Fodd bynnag, dylech nodi nad yw’r Comisiynydd fel arfer yn ymchwilio i
gwyn nes ei fod wedi bod drwy ein proses adolygu fewnol.
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We welcome correspondence in Welsh and English and will respond to
correspondence in the same language. Use of either language will not lead
to a delay
Opinions advice, conclusions and other information in this
message that do not relate to the official business of
Flintshire County Council shall be understood as neither
given nor endorsed by it or on its behalf, and consequently
Flintshire County Council shall bear no responsibility
whatsoever in respect thereof.
Croesawn ohebiaeth yn y Gymraeg a’r Saesneg a byddwn yn ymateb i ohebiaeth
yn yr un iaith. Ni fydd defnyddio’r naill iaith na’r llall yn arwain at
oedi.
Deellir na fydd unrhyw safbwyntiau, na chynghorion, na
chasgliadau nac unrhyw wybodaeth arall yn y neges hon,
nad ydynt yn berthnasol i waith swyddogol
Cyngor Sir y Fflint, yn cael eu cynnig na'u cadarnhau ganddo
nac ar ei ran, ac felly ni fydd Cyngor Sir y Fflint yn derbyn
unrhyw gyfrifoldeb am y rhannau hynny o'r neges.
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