Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 095-2025
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
1. The number of staff employed at your Trust’s sexual assault referral centre (SARC) for the years 2010 – 2024
Our response:
The below numbers do not include our SOE Nurse that are registered on our Staff Bank (Headcount 4 Bank Only)
| As at | SARC Service | Headcount |
| 01 April 2010 | Sexual Health Counsellors | 5 |
| Sexual Assault Referral SARC | 3 | |
| 01 April 2011 | Sexual Health Counsellors | 4 |
| Sexual Assault Referral SARC | 5 | |
| 01 April 2012 | Sexual Health Counsellors | 5 |
| Sexual Assault Referral SARC | 8 | |
| 01 April 2013 | Sexual Health Counsellors | 7 |
| Sexual Assault Referral SARC | 8 | |
| 01 April 2014 | Sexual Health Counsellors | 8 |
| Sexual Assault Referral SARC | 9 | |
| 01 April 2015 | Sexual Health Counsellors | 7 |
| Sexual Assault Referral SARC | 9 | |
| 01 April 2016 | Sexual Health Counsellors | 5 |
| Sexual Assault Referral SARC | 13 | |
| 01 April 2017 | Sexual Health Counsellors | 5 |
| Sexual Assault Referral SARC | 12 | |
| 01 April 2018 | Sexual Health Counsellors | 2 |
| Sexual Assault Referral SARC | 18 | |
| 01 April 2019 | Sexual Health Counsellors | 0 |
| Sexual Assault Referral SARC | 13 | |
| 01 April 2020 | Sexual Health Counsellors | 0 |
| Sexual Assault Referral SARC | 10 | |
| 01 April 2021 | Sexual Health Counsellors | 2 |
| Sexual Assault Referral SARC | 9 | |
| 01 April 2022 | Sexual Health Counsellors | 2 |
| Sexual Assault Referral SARC | 10 | |
| 01 April 2023 | Sexual Health Counsellors | 2 |
| Sexual Assault Referral SARC | 18 | |
| 01 April 2024 | Sexual Health Counsellors | 1 |
| Sexual Assault Referral SARC | 20 |
You asked:
2. The number of children aged under 18 years old who have been received support by your Trust’s SARC between the years 2010 – 2024 and, if possible, the number of these who are identified as having been victims of gang-based CSE
Our response:
We do not hold the information requested prior to 2018.
Between 2018 and 2024 we received 235 paediatric referrals. There is no reference of gang based CSE in data set.
You asked:
3. The number of victims of CSE who received mental health support from your trust between 2018 and 2024
Our response:
We do not gather information regarding whether a child received mental health support from the Trust.
You asked:
4. The number of children identified by your Trust as requiring safeguarding measures as a result of CSE between the years 2010 and 2024
Our response:
All children referred to SARC would have been safeguarded.
Next steps:
Should you have any queries in relation to our response, please do not hesitate to contact us. If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your request and wish to ask us to review our response, you should write to:
Louise Moss
Head of Legal Services / Associate Director of Corporate Governance
c/o Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth, GL3 4AW
E-mail: louise.moss@ghc.nhs.uk
If you are not content with the outcome of any review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for further advice/guidance. Generally, the ICO will not consider your case unless you have exhausted your enquiries with the Trust which should include considering the use of the Trust’s formal complaints procedure. The ICO can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.