warrants issued for breach of probation licence conditions

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Steve Grayton
Information Officer
Data Protection & Freedom of Information
Information Management
Corporate Development Department
Essex Police Headquarters
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-----Original Message-----
From: Alexander Plough [mailto:[FOI #14472 email]]
Sent: 09 July 2009 15:24
To: FOI
Subject: Freedom of Information request - warrants issued for breach of probation licence conditions

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please provide the following data, broken down for each year:

(1) In the last 5 years, how many warrants for arrest have been
issued for an individual who has broken their probation licence
conditions?

(2) Out of this figure, how many were considered high priority,
and/or considered to pose a risk of harm to others?

(3) Out of the total number of warrants issued per year, as stated
in answer to (1), how many of those individuals have been
re-arrested?

(4) Out of the warrants consider high priority, as stated in the
answer to (2), how many of those individuals have been re-arrested?

(5) Out of the total number of warrants issued, as stated in the
answer to (1), how many of those individuals have re-offended while
a warrant for their arrest was active?

(6) Out of the total number of warrants issued, as stated in the
answer to (2), how many of those individuals have re-offended while
a warrant for their arrest was active?

(7) Referring to the individuals stated in answer in question (5),
what crimes have they committed while a warrant for their arrest
was active?

(8) Referring to the individuals stated in answer in question (6),
what crimes have they committed while a warrant for their arrest
was active?

(9) Please provide the following information about any individual
who is the subject of a warrant for arrest for breaking their
probation licence conditions, but who has not as yet been
re-arrested:

* names, ages and last offence for which they received a custodial
sentence.

Yours faithfully,

Alexander Plough

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Classification: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED

Thank you for your enquiry which has been logged under the above reference. Having completed my enquiries I am able to respond as follows:

Please provide the following data, broken down for each year:

(1) In the last 5 years, how many warrants for arrest have been issued for an individual who has broken their probation licence conditions?

(2) Out of this figure, how many were considered high priority, and/or considered to pose a risk of harm to others?

(3) Out of the total number of warrants issued per year, as stated in answer to (1), how many of those individuals have been re-arrested?

(4) Out of the warrants consider high priority, as stated in the answer to (2), how many of those individuals have been re-arrested?

(5) Out of the total number of warrants issued, as stated in the answer to (1), how many of those individuals have re-offended while a warrant for their arrest was active?

(6) Out of the total number of warrants issued, as stated in the answer to (2), how many of those individuals have re-offended while a warrant for their arrest was active?

(7) Referring to the individuals stated in answer in question (5), what crimes have they committed while a warrant for their arrest was active?

(8) Referring to the individuals stated in answer in question (6), what crimes have they committed while a warrant for their arrest was active?

(9) Please provide the following information about any individual who is the subject of a warrant for arrest for breaking their probation licence conditions, but who has not as yet been re-arrested:

* names, ages and last offence for which they received a custodial sentence.

As you may be aware Warrants are issued by a court upon the application of a relevant authority or individual and are issued on a daily basis for a variety of reasons with "breach of probation" being only one of many circumstances narrated on the face of apprehension warrants.

In order to isolate the relevant warrants relating to your enquiry it would be necessary to conduct a manual trawl of all warrants administered by the force for the five year period covered by you request and given the volume this will exceed the time / cost constraints of FOI. In terms of Freedom of Information, I am afraid that the specific information you were seeking access to is not held by Essex Police in what is referred to as a readily accessible format.

For the purposes of section 17 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) this response serves as a formal notification of refusal of your request on the basis that Essex Police does not hold, for the purposes of FOIA, the specific data in a readily accessible format. That is to say, this data is not extractable from a central database or held in a spreadsheet. To ascertain whether this information is held would entail a manual search of Essex Police records; a process which would be likely to exceed the appropriate limit (as mentioned at section 12 of the FOIA) in terms of cost/time (£450 or the equivalent in time of 18 hours).

I understand however that the National Offender Management Unit within the Ministry of Justice may hold the information in an easily retrievable format and you can contact them via the following email address:

<mailto:[email address]> [email address]

It is also possible that the information requested may be held local authority criminal justice social work departments although it is likely that excessive cost of compliance will also be an issue with local authorities, as it is with us.

I hope the information provided is of some use.

Steve Grayton
Information Officer
Data Protection & Freedom of Information
Information Management
Corporate Development Department
Essex Police Headquarters
PO Box 2, Springfield, Chelmsford, CM2 6DA
Tel: 0300 333 4444 Ext 54551
Fax: 01245 452256
Email : <mailto:[email address]> [email address]
For FOI requests : <mailto:[Essex Police request email]> [Essex Police request email]
For Data Protection: <mailto:[email address]> [email address]
Website: <http://www.essex.police.uk> www.essex.police.uk
Hours of work : Mon - Thurs 7:30 to 15:30
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If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original request and should be addressed to Information Management at the above address.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Grayton On Behalf Of FOI
Sent: 10 July 2009 09:03
To: 'Alexander Plough'
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request our ref. 2227 - warrants issued for breach of probation licence conditions [NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED]

Classification: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED

Thank you for your enquiry which has been logged under the above reference.

Under the Freedom of Information Act we are required to reply within 20 working days but given the current high level of requests being received that may not be possible. We will reply as soon as possible and please accept our apologies for any inconvenience any delay may cause.

Steve Grayton
Information Officer
Data Protection & Freedom of Information
Information Management
Corporate Development Department
Essex Police Headquarters
PO Box 2, Springfield, Chelmsford, CM2 6DA
Tel: 0300 333 4444 Ext 54551
Fax: 01245 452256
Email : [email address]
For FOI requests : [Essex Police request email]
For Data Protection: [email address]
Website: <file://www.essex.police.uk> www.essex.police.uk
Hours of work : Mon - Thurs 7:30 to 15:30
Fri 7:30 to 15:00

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