Bringing Child Abusers to Justice

Ref: FOIA/391/LK

Dear Ms Rises

Thank you for your email of 27 January 2011 where you requested
information about the number of charges for child abuse under seven pieces
of legislation for the period 2008-2010, including the gender of the
person and whether the victim was a child of the offender.

I am writing to advise you that the information you requested is not held
by South Yorkshire Police Authority. Due to the nature of the information
that you are seeking, your request has been transferred to South Yorkshire
Police.

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Yours sincerely,

Leon Kaplan

Information Manager

Tel: 01226 772102

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Ref: FOIA/393/LK

Dear Ms Rises

Thank you for your email of 27 January 2011 where you requested
information in eight questions about incidents concerning the protection
of children for the period 2008-2010.

I am writing to advise you that the information you requested is not held
by South Yorkshire Police Authority. Due to the nature of the information
that you are seeking, your request has been transferred to South Yorkshire
Police.

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Yours sincerely,

Leon Kaplan

Information Manager

Tel: 01226 772102

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South Yorkshire Joint Secretariat

18 Regent Street, Barnsley, S70 2HG

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intended recipient and do not commit South*Yorkshire Joint Secretariat*to
any course of action*and are not intended to impose any legal obligation
upon*it. If you have received this communication in error please contact
us directly and delete it immediately and any copies of it.**SYJS*has
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Dear Ms Rises

Re your request (reference number above):
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.

Please could you further state whether the victim was 'child of the
offender'

AND

In relation to the years 2008, 2009 and 2010 please could you
provide the following information in relation to incidents
concerning protection of children:

1. how many reported incidents were graded as requiring:

a. A routine response?
b. A prompt response?
c. An urgent response?

2. In relation to question 1. How many of the incidences were
reported by:

a. School
b. Public
c. Victim
d. Social Services
e. Hospital
f. Other (please state)

3. In relation to 2C. How many of the victims were 'child of the
offender'

4. In relation to 2d. How many were recorded as 'Welfare check'

5. In relation to the person investigated, how many were a 'known
offender'.

6. In relation to incidents that resulted in a Police Protection
Order was the reporter of the original incident

a. School
b. Public
c. Victim
d. Social Services
e. Hospital
f. Other (please state)

7. In relation to Police Protection Orders was the incident
recorded as:

a. A crime against a child
b. Mental Health Concerns
c. Domestic Violence
d. A crime against other
e. Other (please state)

8. How many Police Protection Orders were made in each year?

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As you issued two request for information on the same day around the same
subject of child protection, we will aggregate both requests for the
purposes of costs. The 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 South Yorkshire Police
may be unable to achieve this deadline. If this is likely you will be
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If you have any enquiries please contact the Information Compliance Unit.

Yours sincerely,

Martha Robinson
Information Compliance Clerk
Professional Standards Department
Unit 20 Sheffield 35A Business Park
Churchill Way
Sheffield
S35 2PY

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

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Dear Ms Rises,

With regard to your request in relation to:

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.

Please could you further state whether the victim was 'child of the
offender'
AND
In relation to the years 2008, 2009 and 2010 please could you
provide the following information in relation to incidents
concerning protection of children:

1. how many reported incidents were graded as requiring:

a. A routine response?
b. A prompt response?
c. An urgent response?

2. In relation to question 1. How many of the incidences were
reported by:

a. School
b. Public
c. Victim
d. Social Services
e. Hospital
f. Other (please state)

3. In relation to 2C. How many of the victims were 'child of the
offender'

4. In relation to 2d. How many were recorded as 'Welfare check'

5. In relation to the person investigated, how many were a 'known
offender'.

6. In relation to incidents that resulted in a Police Protection
Order was the reporter of the original incident

a. School
b. Public
c. Victim
d. Social Services
e. Hospital
f. Other (please state)

7. In relation to Police Protection Orders was the incident
recorded as:

a. A crime against a child
b. Mental Health Concerns
c. Domestic Violence
d. A crime against other
e. Other (please state)

8. How many Police Protection Orders were made in each year?

RESPONSE

In accordance with 1 (1) (a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I can
advise you that South Yorkshire Police holds some of the information you
request.

Your request for information has been considered and I am not obliged to
supply the information you have requested. Section 17 of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 requires South Yorkshire Police, when refusing to
provide such information (because the information is exempt) to provide
you the applicant with a notice which:
(a) states that fact;
(b) specifies the exemption in question and;
(c) states (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the
exemption applies.

The following exemption applies to the disclosure of the information:

Section 12 *** Exemption where cost of compliance exceeds appropriate
limit

Unfortunately to answer your request would require a manual trawl of
approximately 1.5 million incidents (circa 500k per year). The Incident
Handling System cannot perform a search in this way.

Whilst we cannot provide you with an estimate in terms of the cost in
hours, this is well over the 18 hour limit for Freedom of Information.

The Freedom of Information and Data Protection Regulations 2004 provide
that the cost limit for non central government public authorities is
**450. This must be calculated at the rate of **25 per hour, providing an
effective time limit of 18 hours.

If you are unhappy with the way your request for information has been
handled, you can request a review by following the advice contained in the
separate notice attached to this correspondence:

If you remain dissatisfied with the handling of your request or complaint,
you have a right to appeal to the Information Commissioner at:
The Information Commissioner's Office,
Wycliffe House,
Water Lane,
Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
Telephone: 08456 306060 or 01625 545745
Website: www.ico.gov.uk
There is no charge for making an appeal.

Yours sincerely

Ian Mitchell
Information Compliance Clerk
South Yorkshire Police
Information Compliance Unit
Professional Standards Department
Unit 20 Sheffield 35A Business Park
Churchill Way
Sheffield
S35 2PY

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locally in capturing the data. It should be noted that for these reasons
this forces response to your questions should not be used for the
comparison purposes with any other response you may receive.

South Yorkshire Police provides you 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 Constabulary***s 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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