Corporate Review Department
Information Management Section
PO Box 9
Laburnum Road
Wakefield
WF1 3QP
Tel : 01924 292486 / 292202 / 292719
Fax : 01924 292726
Email : [West Yorkshire Police request email]
Website : www.westyorkshire.police.uk
Monday 22 February 2010
Dear Ms Mercer
FOI Reference No : FOI-20102/133268
Thank you for your email dated and received by my office on the 22 February 2010. You have
requested the following information under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000:
Dear West Yorkshire Police,
I would like to know the following:
1) How many deaths in custody have occurred in the last 5 years?
2) Which station was responsible for each person who died? (Eg.
Bromley: X deaths. Brixton: Y deaths. Etc.)
3) How many members of the public are served by the police stations
where deaths occurred?
Many thanks and I hope to hear from you soon.
Yours faithfully,
Zoe Mercer
Your request will now be considered and 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 West Yorkshire 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.
In exceptional circumstances, there may be a fee payable for the retrieval, collation and provision of
the information you have requested. If this is the case you will be informed and the 20 working day
timescale will be suspended until we receive payment from you. If you chose not to make a payment
then your request will remain unanswered.
Yours sincerely
John Coop
Freedom of Information Project Officer
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Steven Harding
Head of Information Management
The information supplied in connection with this application will be used for the purpose of the administering of this request and to ensure the
accuracy of Police systems.