Parliament protest actions
A Freedom of Information request to Home Office by Julian Todd
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Julian Todd
7 January 2008
Dear Sir or Madam,
I have recently read the 31 page consultation document titled:
"Managing Protest Around Parliament" detailing a review of sections
132-138 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005.
This document fails to make any mention of the high-profile
incidents relating to these sections, including a variety of
arrests and judicial actions.
I am therefore requesting a copy of--
* all statistics relating to the written notices to the
Commissioner under section 133,
* all statistics relating to the authorisations given by the
Commissioner under section 134, and
* all reports relating to arrests, prosecutions, and other judicial
actions for offences under these sections;
that are available to the Public Order Unit of the Home Office
which is overseeing the process of review.
Yours faithfully,
Julian Todd
Home Office
9 February 2008
Scan of letter from Home Office dated 4 February 2008
31 pages of tables to follow
Home Office
9 February 2008
Pages 1-3: Arrests 01.08.2005- 13.03.2006
Home Office
9 February 2008
Pages 4-15: Tables of demonstration titles, 13 September 2006 to 11
November 2006
Home Office
9 February 2008
Pages 16-19: Mass Lone Demonstration, 20 December 2006
Home Office
9 February 2008
Pages 20-31: protest locations 1/08/2005 to 31/12/2006
Julian Todd
12 February 2008
Public Order Team
Dear Maggie Ainsworth
Thank you for your reply on 4 February to my 7 January FOI request
for statistics of the arrests and protests relating to sections
132-138 of the Serious Organized Crime and Police Act that are
available to the Public Order Unit overseeing the review of the
legislation in relation to Managing Protest Around Parliament.
The details you have sent are of the nature I was looking for. They
provide a broad picture of how the legislation has actually been
operating for the years 2005 and 2006. It is unfortunate that the
public consultation[1] closed on 17 January before this information
became available to me.
Can you confirm that, as implied by your letter, the Public Order
Unit does not hold similar lists of arrests and notifications for
the entirety of 2007? You mention only that you are aware of "over
3000 demonstrations notified to the police in 2007".
Yours sincerely,
Julian Todd.
[1] Public Consultation document:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/documents/c...
Home Office
11 March 2008
Reference : T3241/8
Thank you for your e-mail enquiry of 12th February.
A reply is attached.
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