Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) referrals

1. I would like to know the number of Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) referrals received by your authority

(a) in total and (b) about school staff only, for the following financial years. 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 2019-2020

2. For referrals about school staff in 2023-2024, could you please provide me with the following:

a) The type of organisation of the person who made the referral?

b) What was the reason given for the referral? If this is recorded by category, please provide the category name.

c) What was the conclusion of the investigation?

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.

1. 2023-2024 a.1328 b.464

2022-2023 a.970 b.279

2021-2022 a.456 b.146

2020-2021 a.250 b.33

2019-2020 a.337 b.38

2. Advice only 145

Consultation 245

Malicious 1

Substantiated 21

Unfounded 10

Unsubstantiated 27

False 5

Live 10