Cost To Warwickshire Police Of Illegal Traveller Sites

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Dear Warwickshire Police,

Could you kindly summarise the total cost to the Warwickshire Police Force of Illegal Traveller Encampments within the County Area for Financial Year April 2017 to April 2018 and costs thus far for April 2018 to Sept 2018.

Please include a breakdown of direct staff costs where staff are employed specifically to deal with travellers and their issues, legal costs and any deployment costs where serving officers have been deployed to cover Traveller incursions, issues or investigations.

Where costs measures are not available a reasonable estimate is acceptable as a substitute.

Yours faithfully,

Alan Baxter

Information Compliance,

 

Dear Mr Baxter

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: Warwickshire Police 10334

 

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Information Compliance,

 
 
Dear Mr Baxter
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 10334
I write in connection with your request for information which was received
on 27^th September 2018. Please find below the response to your request:
Could you kindly summarise the total cost to the Warwickshire Police Force
of Illegal Traveller Encampments within the County Area for Financial Year
April 2017 to April 2018 and costs thus far for April 2018 to Sept 2018.
Please include a breakdown of direct staff costs where staff are employed
specifically to deal with travellers and their issues, legal costs and any
deployment costs where serving officers have been deployed to cover
Traveller incursions, issues or investigations.
Where costs measures are not available a reasonable estimate is acceptable
as a substitute.
             
 
Reply:- Please be advised that the information that you have requested is
not held in a retrievable format. Staff, legal and deployment costs
associated with dealing with Traveller encampments are not held centrally
or held separately to any other cost information. Therefore, unfortunately
on this occasion, the forces are not able to assist with this request.
 
Every effort has been made to ensure that the response provided is as
accurate as possible
Your attention is drawn to the below which details your right of
complaint.
Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write
or telephone the Information Compliance Unit quoting the reference number
above.
Yours sincerely
 
 
Information Compliance Unit
Warwickshire Police & West Mercia Police
PO Box 55
Hindlip
Worcester
WR3 8SP
01905 331545 / 331565
 
 
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