Safeguarding referrals received

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Michael Carroll-Owen

Dear Aberdeenshire Council,

I would like to ask the following:

Local Authorities in England & Wales Question:

Between the dates of 1st Jan 2021 and 30th of Jan 2022 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"?

*Adult Safeguarding Referrals only

Local Authorities in Scotland Question:

Between the dates of 1st Jan 2021 and 30th of Jan 2022 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

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Dear Sir/Madam,

Thank you for your information request.

Please note that the Council is currently responding to the Coronavirus
(COVID-19) outbreak which may impact on the resources we have available to
respond to information requests.

If you are making a request for information under FOI(S)A we will aim to
respond within the statutory timeframe of 20 working days.

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will aim to respond within the statutory timeframe of 20 working days.
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Social Work, Aberdeenshire Council

Dear Michael Carroll-Owen

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (“The Act”)

We refer to your request dated 30/01/2022 15:05, for the following
information FOI: Adult Protection Referrals. 

We confirm that the Council holds the following information, which we
believe satisfies your request:

Between the dates of 1st Jan 2021 and 30th of Jan 2022 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"?

There were 3 ASP referrals received from the organisations mentioned
between 01/01/2021 and 30/01/2022.

Please contact me as the officer responsible for responding to your
request if you have any further queries.

If, for any reason, you are not satisfied with this response, please refer
to the further information at the link below.

Yours faithfully

 

Freedom of Information Co-ordinator
Health & Social Care Partnership

 

Further Information:
Aberdeenshire Council’s Review Procedure under the Freedom of Information
(Scotland) Act 2002 and the Environmental Information (Scotland)
Regulations 2004 can be accessed at the following link:

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