Tom Barton

Freedom of Information Section

Nottinghamshire Police

Telephone: - 0115 9672507

Facsimile: - 0115 9672896

E-mail: [email address]

[FOI #2885 email]

9^th September 2008

Dear Mr Barton,

Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA)

Reference No: FOI 08-1722

I write in connection with your request for information dated 5^th September 2008, which was received by Nottinghamshire Police on 5^th September 2008, I note you seek access to the following information: -

Police forces make a record of the ethnicity of all people

arrested. I would like to know the numbers of people of each

different ethnicity arrested from 2003 up to the present, or as

recent as is practicable.

By the way of clarification I would also be grateful for the

following pieces of information-

1. The CATEGORIES Nottinghamshire Police use to record ethnicity.

2. Any records Nottinghamshire Police has taken of the NATIONALITY

of people arrested in the same period, 2003 up to the present.

So the form I envisage the data being presented in is a table. On

one axis are the dates, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008. On the

other axes are your categories of ethnicity, eg Caucasian, Afro

Caribbean, Asian, Hispanic....

(These example categories do not reflect any prejudice or

preference, they are merely indicative. Please use whatever your

categories are)

The numbers in the table will refer to the number of arrests in

each category.

Your request will now be considered in accordance with the FOIA. You will receive a response within the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Act, subject to the information not being exempt or containing a reference to a third party. In some circumstances Nottinghamshire Police may be unable to achieve this deadline. If this is likely you will be informed and given a revised time-scale at the earliest opportunity.

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Yours sincerely,

Coryn Reynolds

Freedom of Information Officer