Norfolk Constabulary
M
r A. Plough
Freedom of Information Department
[email address]
Jubilee House
[FOI #14484 email]
Falconers Chase
Wymondham
Date: 6th of august 2008
Norfolk NR18 0WW
Tel: 01953 42 4487
Fax: 01953 42 4080
Email: [Norfolk Constabulary request email]
www.norfolk.police.uk
Non-Emergency Tel: 0845 456 4567
Dear Mr Plough
Freedom of Information Request Reference No
Freedom of Information Request Reference N : FOI 374
o
/09
I write in connection wit
I write in co
h your request for infor
nnection wit
m
h your request for infor ation received by the
m
Norfolk Constabulary on the
9th
9 of July 2009, in which you sought access to t
th
he following
of July 2009, in which you sought access to t
information:
he following
1. In the last 5 years, how
In the last 5
many warra
years, how
nts for arrest have been issued for a
nts for arrest have been
n individua
issued for a
l
n individua who
l
has broken their probatio
has broken t
n licence
heir probatio
co
n licence
nditions?
co
2. Out of this figure, how many were considered hig
many were co
h priority, an
nsidered hig
d/or conside
h priority, an
r
d/or conside ed to pose a risk
ed to pose
of harm to others?
of harm
3. Out of the total number o
Out of the total num
f warrants issued per year, as stated
f warrants issued per ye
in answer t
ar, as stated
o (1), how
in answer t
many
of those individuals have
of those individuals ha
been re-arrested?
ve
4. Out of the warrants consider high priority, as stat
Out of the warrants consider high priority, as
ed in the an
stat
swer to (2), how
ed in the an
many of those
m
individuals h
individua
ave been re
ls h
-arrested?
ave been re
5. Out of the total number o
Out of the total num
f warrants issued, as stated in the an
f warrants issued, as sta
swer to (1), how
ted in the an
many of
m
those individuals have re
those individ
-offended while a warrant for their a
uals have re
rrest was active?
-offended while a warrant for their a
6. Out of the total number o
Out of the total num
f warrants issued, as stated in the an
f warrants issued, as sta
swer to (2), how
ted in the an
many of
m
those individuals have re
those individ
-offended while a warrant for their a
uals have re
rrest was active?
-offended while a warrant for their a
7. Referring to the individu
Referring to the individ als stated
u
in
als stated answer in q
in
uestion (5),
answer in q
what crim
uestion (5),
es
what crim
have they
committed while a warrant for their arrest was a
committed while a warrant for their
c
arrest was a tive?
8. Referring to the individu
Referring to the individ als stated
u
in
als stated answer in q
in
uestion (6),
answer in q
what crim
uestion (6),
es
what crim
have they
committed while a warrant for their arrest was a
committed while a warrant for their
c
arrest was a tive?
9. Please provide the following information about
Please provide the follo
any individu
wing information about
al who is the
any individu
subject of a
al who is the
subject of a
warrant for arrest for breaking their
warrant for arrest for br
probation licence condit
eaking their
i
probation licence condit ons, but who has not as yet
i
been re-arrested:
Extent of Searches to Locate Information:
arches to Lo
To locate the information relevant to your request, searches were conducted within the Criminal
Justice Services Department, and the Intelligence Directorate Department of the Norfolk
Constabulary.
Result of the Searches to Locate Information Relevant to your Request.
The Norfolk Constabulary will be notified on a daily basis of warrants for arrest issued for a variety
of different reasons. With warrants being issued and executed on a daily basis, the information
relating to the number of warrants active at any one time will be dynamic.
Due to the way in which this information will be held by the Norfolk Constabulary, we do not have
the facility to conduct automated searches of the Constabulary’s warrant management system, or
the Police National Computer, to extract statistical data covering the past 5 years that would satisfy
your request.
To attempt to retrieve any such data would require the Norfolk Constabulary to manually trawl the
Police National Computer for records containing a ‘recall to prison’ notice to identify the relevant
records, and then we would have to conduct the research to establish the circumstances relating to
each warrant.
Such an exercise would require the manually examination of hundreds of individual records and
would take far in excess of 18 hours to complete. This would exceed the appropriate limit for
dealing with Freedom of Information requests, in terms of costs, and therefore Section 12(1) of the
Freedom of Information Act applies.
Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act states that a public authority is not obliged to:
“…comply with a request for information if the authority estimates that the cost
of complying with the request would exceed the appropriate limit.”
The Freedom of Information (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations, defines the ‘appropriate
limit’ for the Norfolk Constabulary as £450, and specifies that this sum equates to 18 hours work at
a standard rate of £25 per hour.
In accordance with Section 17(5) of the Freedom of Information Act (2000), this letter serves as a
Refusal Notice.
Additional Advice
Although the Norfolk Constabulary is not able to assist you further with your enquiry, the Ministry of
Justice (MOJ) may hold information that is relevant to your request, and I would suggest that you
contact the MOJ to establish what information they may be able to provide.
Should you wish to do so, you can contact the Ministry of Justice via the following email address:
[email address]
Alternatively, further contact details can be found on the Ministry of Justice web-site via the
following web-link:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/
I would like to thank you for your interest in the Norfolk Constabulary, and I can confirm that a copy
of this response will be published in the “Disclosure Log” section of the Norfolk Constabulary’s
web-site under the category “Crime Related Statistics”. You can access the disclosure log via the
following web-link:
http://www.norfolk.police.uk/foi_disclosurelog.cfm?bctrail=0,540
Should you have any further queries concerning this request, please contact me quoting the
reference number shown above.
Yours sincerely,
Richard Kindleysides
Freedom of Information Department
A full copy of the Freedom of Information Act (2000) can be viewed on the ‘Office of Public Sector
Information’ web-site;
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/
The Norfolk Constabulary is not responsible for the content, or the reliability, of the website referenced. The
Constabulary cannot guarantee that this link will work all of the time, and we have no control over the
availability of the linked pages.
Your Right to Request a Review of Decisions Made Under the Terms of the Freedom of
Information Act (2000).
If you are unhappy with how your request has been handled, or if you think the decision is
incorrect, you have the right to ask the Norfolk Constabulary to review their decision.
Prior to lodging a formal request for a review, you are welcome, and encouraged, to discuss the
decision with the case officer that dealt with your request.
Ask the Norfolk Constabulary to look at the decision again.
If you are dissatisfied with the decision made by the Norfolk Constabulary under the Freedom of
Information Act (2000), regarding access to information, you must notify the Norfolk Constabulary
that you are requesting a review within 2 months of the date of its response to your Freedom of
Information request
. Requests for a review should be made in writing and addressed to:
Freedom of Information Decision Maker
Professional Standards Department
Norfolk Constabulary
Operations and Communications Centre
Jubilee House
Falconers Chase
Wymondham
Norfolk NR18 0WW
In all possible circumstances the Norfolk Constabulary will aim to respond to your complaint within
2 months.
The Information Commissioner.
After lodging a request for a review with the Norfolk Constabulary, if you are still dissatisfied with
the decision, you can apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision on whether the request
for information has been dealt with in accordance with the requirements of the Act.
For information on how to make application to the Information Commissioner please visit their
website at www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk or contact them at the address shown below:
The Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 01625 545 700
