Source · LGO (Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman)

Kent County Council

LGO (Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman) Other Reference 25-013-019 Sector Children S Care Services Category Child Protection Decided 11 February 2026

View Kent County Council scorecard

Missed Child Safeguarding Referrals Care safeguarding systems

Original decision on the LGO (Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman) website ↗

Publisher summary

We cannot investigate Miss X’s complaint about whether the Council should take action to safeguard her children as the Court is considering their care. There are other bodies better suited to considering officers’ professionalism and whether the Council has provided her with all the information she is entitled to.

Full decision text is not available in the index.

Read on the LGO (Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman) website

Other decisions involving Kent County Council

Reference	Date	Summary	Outcome
25-020-924	31 Aug 2026	Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about delay in the Council’s handling of a complaint about child protection. The …	Upheld
25-018-123	26 Aug 2026	Summary: We cannot investigate this complaint about the Council’s handling of an application for an Education, Health and Care Plan …	Other
25-024-257	24 Aug 2026	Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about Children’s Social Care services. This is because it relates to matters that …	Other
26-010-642	24 Aug 2026	Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the suitability of transport the Council has arranged for Ms X’s child …	Other
26-008-930	19 Aug 2026	Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s decision not to provide free post-16 transport to education. This …	Other

View all decisions for this organisation

Source decision Back to decisions list