Thousands of adopted children’s names appear in data leak
It has been revealed that the names thousands of people adopted as children were made available on a genealogy website. The details were found on the Scotland’s People site which is operated by National Records of Scotland (NRS), an official arm of the Scottish government. A mother found the details and NRS removed the information […]
Key domestic abuse coalition announces rebrand
The Drive Partnership, a coalition of groups working on the response to domestic abuse, has announced a rebrand. The Drive Partnership is a partnership between Respect, Safelives, and Social Finance. They came together in 2015 around a shared ambition to change the way statutory and voluntary agencies respond to high-harm, high-risk perpetrators of domestic violence […]
Upward trend in forced marriage protection orders continuing, says Ministry of Justice
New data has revealed a continuation in the long-term upward trend in forced marriage protection orders from their introduction in November 2008 until the end of 2019. According to the Ministry of Justice’s quarterly Family Court stats, in January to March 2023, there were 51 applications. Whilst the number of applications remains similar to the […]
