Please provide the following information concerning abuse or neglect in nurseries for each of the last five financial years, including 2023/24.

1. Please provide a list of all safeguarding referrals (typically known as section 47 referrals) relating to alleged abuse or neglect in nurseries for each year. Please provide the following break down for each one:
a) Year
b) Nature of abuse i.e. neglect/ physical abuse/ sexual abuse
c) Brief description of allegation i.e. child was struck on the head by staff member recorded on CCTV
d) Whether there was a LADO referral or not
e) Outcome of investigation into incident (make clear who carried it out): i.e. substantiated
f) Whether there was a complex abuse investigation (typically carried out by the local authority and police)

2. Please provide the highest number of allegations received in total in relation to an individual nursery over the entire period and detail how many were substantiated over the entire period (i.e. not year by year).