Cases involving child abuse sent to Parish Hall Enquiry (FOI)

​​​​Request

Based on the figures released in the link below, please provide a further breakdown of cases involving child abusefor each year from 2019 to 2023: 

wq.15-2024.pdf (gov.je)​

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A

How many were sent to a Parish Hall Enquiry rather than court, and a breakdown of the charges in any cases sent to PHE?

B

Of the reports made each year, the total number of cases that were dropped before being charged for court or warned to parish hall enquiry.

C

Of the reports made each year, the number of cases that were dropped after being charged for court or warned to parish hall enquiry.

D

Of the reports made each year, the number of cases that are still under active investigation to this day.

E

The number of individual people who have made at least one report in each year.

Response

A (part 1), B -​​ E

Please see attached table. Where the number of live investigations is fewer than five, the precise numbers have been withheld in order to protect the identity of individuals. Article 25(2) of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.​

Attachment Table.pdf

​A (part 2) 

Between 2019 and 2023, a total of nine individuals were requested to attend a Parish Hall Enquiry (PHE) rather than court. Eight of these offences related to cruelty or neglect. Due to the small numbers, details of the single remaining case, and a year by year breakdown of the cruelty or neglect cases are being withheld to prevent possible identification of the individuals concerned and Article 25(2) of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.

Article applied

25      Personal information

(2)     Information is absolutely exempt information if –

(a)     it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018; and

(b)     its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that Law.​