Nick Henderson

[FOI #3798 email]

Your Ref: 27 October, 2008

Our Ref: F-2008-01759

Dear Mr Henderson

Reference No: F-2008-01759

FREEDOM of INFORMATION ACT 2000

Thank you for your request for Information, received at this office on 27 October, 2008, in which you requested details of the following:

[1a] the total number of homophobic hate crimes reported to you in

the last year

[b] the last three years

[2a] the total number of those hate crimes that were reported to

the Crown Prosecution Service in the last year

[b] the last three years.

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 Lincolnshire 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.

There may be a fee payable for the retrieval, collation and provision of the information you request. 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.

Some requests may also require either full or partial transference to another public authority in order to answer your query in the fullest possible way. Again, you will be informed if this is the case.

We anticipate being able to provide you with information that you have requested by 24 November, 2008.

Your attention is drawn to the attached sheet, which details your right of complaint.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in Lincolnshire Police.

Should you need to discuss this further please write or contact me on the above telephone number quoting the reference number above.

Yours sincerely,

Colin Knowles

Force Data Protection Officer

Lincolnshire Police provides you with the right to request a re-examination of your case under its review procedure (copy enclosed). If you decide to request such a review and having followed the full process you are still dissatisfied, then you have the right to direct your comments to the Information Commissioner who will give it consideration.

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