Homophobic hate crimes reported to police

Dear Mr Henderson,

Freedom of Information Enquiry Ref : 2008/6966

I acknowledge receipt of your query received by this office on 24 October 2008 requesting information concerning:

[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.

As set out by the Freedom of Information Act it will be our aim to respond to your request by 21 November 2008. In some cases, however, we may be unable to achieve this deadline. If this occurs we will advise you of the likely timescale within which the response will be provided.

Some requests may also require transference to another Authority in order to answer the query. Again you will be contacted if this is required.

If you have any questions regarding your request please contact me.

Yours sincerely,

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Dear Mr. Henderson,

Freedom of Information Request 2008 / 6966

Thank you for your recent request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 which was received in this office on the 24th October 2008.

The information that you are seeking is in relation to the following:

Dear Sir or Madam, Could you please inform me of [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.

Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) places two
duties on public authorities. Unless exemptions apply, the first duty
at, Section 1(1) (a), is to confirm or deny whether the information
specified in a request is held. The second duty at, Section1 (1) (b), is
to disclose information that has been confirmed as being held.

Under the provisions of those sections of FOIA, I can confirm that
information you requested is partially held by Gwent Police. Therefore
we are able to partially comply with your request to supply data.

Q1. The total number of homophobic hate crimes reported to you in the
last year [b] the last three years.

A1. I have attached the details of this question in the attachment to
this email. A copy of our Hate Crime Policy can be found at this link:

http://www.gwent.police.uk/documents/f_o...

Q2. The total number of those hate crimes that were reported to the
Crown Prosecution Service in the last year [b] the last three years.

A2. We don’t compile these figures. You will have to contact the CPS
to request this information from them. I have attached their details
below:

Vantage Point
Ty Coch Way
Cwmbran,
NP44 7XX

I hope this information is satisfactory to your request however, should
you feel dissatisfied with this response or the way in which your
request was handled, I have attached the Gwent Police FOI Appeals
Procedure for your information

Thank you for your interest in Gwent Police.

Yours sincerely,

Where a response is requested/required would you please allow the
initial enquiry to remain attached

Dylan Collins,
Freedom of Information Officer,
Information Compliance Unit,
Caerleon House,
Block A,
Mamhilad,
Pontypool
Gwent
NP4 0XX

Tel: 01495 745364
Tel: 01633 838111 ext: 712 3870
Fax: 01495 745371
Email: [email address]

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Dear Mr. Henderson,

Thank you for your email in relation to Freedom of Information request 6966/2008.

I'm sorry your not satisfied with the information provided, so as per your request, I have passed this on for an internal review to be conducted.

If I can be of any further assistance, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely,

Dylan

Where a response is requested/required would you please allow the
initial enquiry to remain attached

Dylan Collins,
Freedom of Information Officer,
Information Compliance Unit,
Caerleon House,
Block A,
Mamhilad,
Pontypool
Gwent
NP4 0XX

Tel: 01495 745364
Tel: 01633 838111 ext: 712 3870
Fax: 01495 745371
Email: [email address]

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Good afternoon Mr Henderson

Review of 2008 6966

As part of review process, your request is now being dealt with by myself.

Can you please contact me at your convenience on 01495 745365 so we can discuss this matter further.

Kim Lloyd-Elliott
Data Protection Officer
Gwent Police
01495 745365 ext 712 3863
[email address]

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Dear Mr Henderson

Freedom of Information Request 2008 / 6966

Thank you for your email dated the 7th November 2008 asking for your recent disclosure to be reviewed as you believe that Gwent Police did not supply information requested about the number of hate crimes that was reported to the CPS within the time frame specified.

I have reviewed the information we hold and revisited the audit trail on this particular case. Your original request asked for the following:

1 a) the total number of homophobic hate crimes reported to you in the last year

1 b ) the last three years

2 a) the total number of those hate crimes that were reported to the Crown Prosecution Service in the last year

2 b) the last three years.

Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) places two duties on public authorities. Unless exemptions apply, the first duty at, Section 1(1) (a), is to confirm or deny whether the information specified in a request is held. The second duty at, Section (1) (b), is to disclose information that has been confirmed as being held.

In relation to question 1 (a) and (b) we provided to you a table of recorded crimes that only satisfied your request up to financial Year 2007 to 2008 for periods up to and including June. This as you clearly indicated did not comply with your original request for the total numbers of homophobic hates crimes reported in the last year.

Please accept my sincere apologies for this error and find enclosed the correct figures as per your original request on the 7th November 2008. I have also supplied this current financial years figures for your information.

To assist you further you were given a link to our Force Policy in relation to Hate Crime. After checking this link it was found that this was in fact incorrect. Therefore I have now provided the correct link for your information.

http://www.gwent.police.uk/documents/f_o...

In relation to your question 2 (a) and (b), the response remains the same as this engages exemption 21, information accessible to applicant by other means.

This information is available directly from the Crown Prosecution Services, Vantage Point, Ty Coch Way, Cwmbran, NP44 7XX.

If I can be of any further assistance please contact me on 01495 745365.
Yours sincerely

Kim Lloyd-Elliott
Data Protection Officer
Gwent Police
01495 745365 ext 712 3863
[email address]

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