Bringing Child Abusers to Justice

Dear Ms Rises,

I refer to your email which has been received on the Essex Police
Authority generic email address. I have recorded your enquiry as a
formal request under the Freedom of Information Act. Details of our
Publication Scheme and the nature of our business can be found on our
website on www.essex.police.uk/authority

The information requested is not readily held by the Essex Police
Authority and I am therefore unable to supply it. However since the
information requested is of a policing nature I am today forwarding your
message to the Information Officer at Essex Police for their
consideration and response to you. Details for applications made to
Essex Police under the Freedom of Information Act can be located on
their website www.essex.police.uk

I trust this procedure will accord with your wishes. Please accept this
message as a formal notification that the information is not held by us
and that I am forwarding your request to Essex Police.

Yours sincerely,

Graham Furnival
Head of Business Management and Governance
Essex Police Authority
Telephone 01245 291604 (int.ext. 61604)
www.essex.police.uk/authority

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Classification: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED

Thank you for your enquiry which has been logged under the above
reference.

Under the Freedom of Information Act we are required to reply within 20
working days but given the current very high number of requests being
received this may not be possible.

We will reply as soon as possible and please accept our apologies for the
inconvenience any delay may cause.

Please note for the purposes of FOI we have aggregated for cost purposes
s14 (4a) this request with your 2nd request ref.
[email address]

Steve Grayton
Information Officer
Data Protection & Freedom of Information
Information Management
Strategic Change Management Department
Essex Police Headquarters
PO Box 2, Springfield, Chelmsford, CM2 6DA
Tel: 0300 333 4444 Ext 54551
Fax: 01245 452256
Email : [email address]
Personal email: [email address]
Website: www.essex.police.uk
Hours of work : Mon - Thurs 7:30 to 15:30
Fri 7:30 to 15:00

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Classification: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED

Thank you for your enquiry which has been logged under the above
reference. Having completed my enquiries I am able to respond as follows:

For the years 2008, 2009 and 2010 please could you provide a year by year
break down of all Charges there have been under the following Acts:

1. Children and Young Persons Act 1933 sect 1
2. Infanticide Act 1938
3. Indecency with Children Act 1960
4. Sexual Offences Act 2003
5. Protection of Children Act 1978 Sect 1
6. Child Abduction Act 1984
7. Domestic Violence Crime and Victims Act 2004 sect 5
11. Mental capacity Act 2005 sect 44

Please could you also state whether the person charged was male or female.

I have attached a chart showing as much information as we have been able
to retrieve.The indecency with Children Act was repealed in 2004 so there
is nothing under that heading.

Comments from the Crime Statistics Officer who produced the figures are as
follows and may be of use:

This shows the number of individuals (rather than crimes) detected by way
of a charge in each of the requested years for the offence types
requested.

I've managed to pick out the specific laws for most of this apart from the
Sexual Offences Act 2003. For a couple of the laws there were no charges
recorded in any of these years so I've not included them.

The part labelled sexual offences is just every offence that falls within
the sexual offences section of the counting rules. Up until 2008 / 2009
Police forces were still recording historic offences under old legislation
even though they may well have been dealt with under the 2003 legislation
and from the offence names it's not always clear if it's under the old or
new laws being used. Judging by the title of this FOI the requestor may be
mostly interested in the offence types involving child victims so they
should probably be aware that the sexual offences act is a large piece of
legislation and not specifically for offences in which children are the
victims. I've included everything but I'm sure they can sort through and
find the offences they want to know about.

I hope the information provided is of use.

Steve Grayton
Information Officer
Data Protection & Freedom of Information
Information Management
Strategic Change Management Department
Essex Police Headquarters
PO Box 2, Springfield, Chelmsford, CM2 6DA
Tel: 0300 333 4444 Ext 54551
Fax: 01245 452256
Email : [1][email address]
Personal email: [2][email address]
Website: [3]www.essex.police.uk
Hours of work : Mon - Thurs 7:30 to 15:30
Fri 7:30 to 15:00

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your FOI request, you have
the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should
be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to
your original request and should be addressed to the Senior Information
Officer at the above address.

If you complaint refers to a decision to apply an exemption it would
assist the review if you would outline the reasons why you feel the
exemption does not apply.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information
Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
5AF

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