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Section 47 of the Children Act 1989 - FII or MSbP
2010 and 2020
For each of the years 2010 and 2020, how many investigations under Section 47 of the Children Act 1989 were referred to you for further action which involved these terms in the referral:
Fabricated or Induced Illness or FII
Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy or MSbP.
How many of these investigations led to no further action being taken by the police?
No Information Held
22 June 2021
15 July 2021
N/A
Having completed enquiries within Essex Police in respect of Section 1(1)(a), Essex Police does not hold information relating to your request.
To provide some explanation and to meet our duty to assist under Section 16 of the FOIA, Essex Police can advise:
Caveat: The data is correct as at 22 June 2021.
A keyword search of the Modus Operandi (MO) Field has been undertaken of the crime reports for 2010 and 2020 and no investigations under Section 47 of the Children Act 1989 were referred to Essex Police for further action. Therefore, no investigations involved these terms in the referral:
Fabricated or Induced Illness or FII
Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy or MSbP.
Please note that any keyword search may not be entirely accurate and any results would not necessarily answer your submission, and, therefore, could be highly inaccurate and misleading.
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Section 47 of the Children Act 1989 Investigations - FII or MSbP
2019
This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I would like to request the following information:
For 2019, how many investigations under Section 47 of the Children Act 1989 were referred to you for further action which involved these terms in the referral:
Fabricated or Induced Illness or FII
Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy or MSbP
How many of these investigations led to no further action being taken by the police?
No Information Held
13 October 2021
26 October 2021
N/A
Having completed enquiries within Essex Police in respect of Section 1(1)(a), Essex Police does not hold information relating to your request.
To provide some explanation and to meet our duty to assist under Section 16 of the FOIA, Essex Police can advise:
Caveat: The data is correct as at 13 October 2021.
A keyword search of the Modus Operandi (MO) Field has been undertaken of the crime reports for 2019 and no investigations under Section 47 of the Children Act 1989 were referred to Essex Police for further action. Therefore, no investigations involved these terms in the referral:
Fabricated or Induced Illness or FII
Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy or MSbP.
Please note that any keyword search may not be entirely accurate and any results would not necessarily answer your submission, and, therefore, could be highly inaccurate and misleading.