Dear Sir or Madam,

Police forces make a record of the ethnicity of all people
arrested. I would like to know the numbers of people of each
different ethnicity arrested from 2003 up to the present, or as
recent as is practicable.

By the way of clarification I would also be grateful for the
following pieces of information-

1. The CATEGORIES Nottinghamshire Police use to record ethnicity.

2. Any records Nottinghamshire Police has taken of the NATIONALITY
of people arrested in the same period, 2003 up to the present.

So the form I envisage the data being presented in is a table. On
one axis are the dates, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008. On the
other axis are your categories of ethnicity, eg Caucasian, Afro
Carribean, Asian, Hispanic....

(These example categories do not reflect any prejudice or
preference, they are merely indicative. Please use whatever your
categories are)

The numbers in the table will refer to the number of arrests in
each catergory.

Many thanks for you time. Your effort will be much appreciated.

Yours faithfully,

Tom Barton

<<FOI08-1722_Ack letter.doc>>
Dear Mr Barton,

please see our attached acknowledgement of your recent Freedom of Information request.

Kind regards,

Emma Randall
c/o Coryn Reynolds
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<<FOI08-1722-Clarification letter.doc>>
Dear Mr Barton,

please see the attached request for clarification on your recent Freedom of Information request.

Kind regards,

Emma Randall
c/o Coryn Reynolds
Freedom of Information Officer

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Dear Coryn Reynolds,

Thankyou for your note requesting clarification. Your clarification
request was the following-

"Please specify whether you refer to Ethnicity only, to Nationality
only, or to both categorisations? Please note that we hold
Ethnicity as both Visible Ethnicity and Self-Defined Ethnicity."

Let me answer that.

I refer BOTH to Ethnicity and to Nationality, that is both
categorisations.

I would like both Visible and Self-Defined Ethnicity data, as
detailed in the annotation to my request.

Figures of arrests in both Ethnicity (visible and self defined) and
Nationality categories from 2003 until present would be gratefully
received.

Yours sincerely,

Tom Barton

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Dear Mr Barton,

Attached is the response to your Freedom of Information request and details of your right to appeal.

Kind regards,

Emma Randall
c/o Coryn Reynolds
Freedom of Information Officer

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