Prostitution related arrests in 2008

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Dear Ricki Dewsbury,
I write further to your request for information dated 20 April 2009.
I note you seek access to the following information:
1) How many people were arrested for soliciting prostitutes or kerb crawling by Leicestershire Constabulary in each month of 2008.
3) Of those arrested in each month the number who were a) released without charge
b) cautioned
c) charged
d) fined
e) If none of the above can be applied to each arrest I would like to know how the crime was dealt with.

Leicestershire Constabulary wish to apologise for the Iength of time taken to respond to this request, however, may I point out that today is the 20th working day from receiving your request and within the specified time allowed.
Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted within Leicestershire Constabulary to Iocate information relevant to your request.
Your request for information has now been considered and the information asked for is as follows: -
I can confirm, pursuant to Sl(1)(a) of FOIA that this Force does ho|d the information you have requested however Leicestershire Constabulary are unable to provide this information as there is no 'reason for arrest' for the details requested, therefore to obtain the requested information it would be necessary to access all arrests records for the year 2008 which would therefore be in excess of the 18 hours specified by the Home Office as the time period for which a police force should allocate to a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. In the Freedom of Information (Fees and Appropriate Limit) Regulations 2004, the current regulatory Iimit which has been set by the Secretary of State for public authorities, which includes the police service, is £450 for the marginal costs which are the costs of finding, sorting, editing or redacting information and disbursements (printing, photocopying etc). The Association of Chief Police have agreed a national standard of an hourly rate Of £25 is to be charged for the time taken. In essence therefore, the costs equate to 18 hours work per request. It will be apparent therefore that within the time frame of 18 hours it will not be possible to extract the information to answer any of your questions.
In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000, this Ietter acts as a Refusal Notice under s12(1) as the cost of providing you with the information is above the amount to which we are Iegally required to respond i.e. the cost of Iocating and retrieving the information exceeds the "appropriate Ievel'' as stated in the Freedom of Information (Fees and Appropriate Limit) Regulations 2004.
In this instance, 1 am unable to offer any suggestion as to how you could refine your request to bring it within the fees Iimit to obtain the information required.
The Leicestershire Constabulary provides you the right to ask for a re-examination of your request under its review procedure. Letters should be addressed to Ch. Supt., Professional Standards Department at the above address. 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.
Yours sincerely,
Linda Dempsey
Data Protection Section
Professional Standards Department