Freedom of Information Office
Resources Directorate
Warwickshire Police Headquarters
PO Box 4, Leek Wootton
Warwickshire CV35 7QB
Telephone: 01926 415720
Fax No: 01926 415306
Mr N. Henderson
email: [email address]
[FOI #3802 email]
Date: 22 December, 2008
Dear Mr. Henderson,
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: F-2008-00424
I write in connection with your request for information dated
24 October, 2008
which was received
by Warwickshire Police on 27 October, 2008, in which you seek access to the folowing information.
[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.
Following receipt of your request searches were conducted within Warwickshire Police to locate
information relevant to your request. Please find below the response.
Q1. The figures are detailed below by calendar years
2007 = 32
2006 = 26
2005 = 31
2008 to 30/9 is 17.
Q2. This information is not centrally recorded for reporting purposes and is therefore not readily
identifiable. A manual search of the 106 records identified would be required to extract the
information requested. This would involve a disproportionate amount of effort, which would take us
over the fees limit (£450) as stated in the Freedom of Information (Fees and Appropriate Limit)
Regulations 2004. An estimate of the cost involved is £662.50. This has been calculated as
follows: 106 @ 15 minutes per file (minimum, to locate, retrieve and read through) = 26.5 hours @
£25 per hour = £662.50.
In accordance with Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please treat this letter as
the Refusal Notice I am required to provide to you in respect of this element of your request.
Statistical data relating to this element of your request may be held by the Crown Prosecution
Service. Their contact details are:
CPS Warwickshire
Rossmore House
10 Newbold Terrace
Leamington Spa
Warwickshire
CV32 4EA
Appeal Rights
Your attention is drawn to the attached sheet, which details your right of appeal.
Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please do not hesitate to contact this
office.
Yours sincerely
Sabina Harris
Information Compliance Officer
WARWICKSHIRE POLICE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION APPEALS PROCEDURE
This appeals procedure is issued in accordance with paragraph 36 of the Lord Chancellor’s
Freedom of Information Access Code of Practice.
Appeal Notification
When a Freedom of Information (FOI) applicant, who has made a request for information, is
dissatisfied with the response received from Warwickshire Police, the FOI applicant should inform
Warwickshire Police in writing (this may be by email) of the reasons why the response is deemed
unsatisfactory.
Should a person who feels that Warwickshire Police is not complying with its Publication Scheme,
the person should inform Warwickshire Police in writing (this may be by email) of the reasons for
their dissatisfaction.
Action by Warwickshire Police
When a dissatisfaction report is received, the circumstances of the dispute will be reviewed initially
by the Decision Makers in the Freedom of Information Office.
If the Decision Makers are unable to resolve the dispute with the FOI applicant, the dispute will be
referred to a Board comprising a Head of Department and a Chief Officer. The Board will not have
been involved in the original decision making process to compile the response.
The Board will consider the dispute and will advise the FOI applicant of their decision as soon as
practicable but within 60 working days.
Further Action by FOI Applicant
If the FOI applicant remains dissatisfied with the Warwickshire Police response, they then have the
option to refer the case to the Information Commissioner.
Freedom of Information Office November 2006
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