Investigations under Section 47 of the Children Act 1989 - Freedom of information requests

Title or Description: Investigations under Section 47 of the Children Act 1989
FOI Number: 15348
Date Received: 17/06/2021
Type of Request: FOI
Request or Question: This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I would like to request the following information: For each of the years 2010 and 2020, how many investigations under section 47 of the Children Act 1989 involved any of these terms in the referral: Fabricated or Induced Illness or FII
Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy or MSbP
Perplexing Presentation or PP
Factitious Disorder Imposed on Another or FDIoA
Snomed Code System Concept Code: 95637005

How many of those investigations led to a child protection plan, and how many resulted in no further action being taken?
Response: We have taken the decision not to release information where numbers are 5 or below. This is because by releasing this information could potentially identify individuals. Therefore, we are relying on section 38(1)(b) of FOI(S)A 2002.

Please also note that Section 47 of the Children Act 1989 is legislation from England and not the legislative framework for services of this nature in Scotland.