Crime in schools

Mae'r ymateb i'r cais hwn yn hwyr iawn. Yn ôl y gyfraith, ym mhob amgylchiad, dylai Police Service of Northern Ireland fod wedi ymateb erbyn hyn. (manylion). Gallwch gwyno drwy yn gofyn am adolygiad mewnol.

Dear Police Service of Northern Ireland,

Could you tell me how many times police were called to schools in Belfast city policing district in 2017, 2018 and 2019 - each year separately please.

Can you also provide, in a table, the name of the schools attended and the nature of the crimes reported divided as per the four LPTs - Lisburn Road, Strandtown, Tennent Street and
Woodbourne.

Yours faithfully,

Shauna Corr

Police Service of Northern Ireland

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13th January 2020

Dear Ms Corr,

FREEDOM of INFORMATION ACT 2000

I write in connection with your request for information dated 11th January
2020 which was received by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI)
on 11th January 2020.  I note you seek access to the following
information:

Calls To Schools In Belfast 2017, 2018 2019

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Information Act 2000. A response should be sent to you within 20 working
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Police Service of Northern Ireland

This e-mail has been marked OFFICIAL [PUBLIC];

26th February 2020

Dear Ms S Corr,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000

I write in connection with your request for information dated 11th January
2020 which was received by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI)
on 11th January 2020.  I note you seek access to the following
information:

Calls To Schools In Belfast 2017, 2018 2019

To enable the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) to meet your
request could you please provide further clarification on the following:

Record Owners have advised to enable them to provide a response to you
request they need clarification on whether the schools are nursery ,
primary or secondary. They have also advised the PSNI recording system has
no closing codes for school related calls and therefore do not have an
exhaustive list of schools. This would require the request to specify what
schools they are looking calls statistics for.

You should be aware that the 20 day legislative time limit dictated by the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 has been stopped. Once we receive
clarification of your request a new 20 working day time limit will
commence.

Please send clarification of your request by writing to Corporate
Information Branch, PSNI Headquarters, 65 Knock Road Belfast BT5 6LE or by
email to [email address]. Alternatively, if you wish to discuss
your request or have any additional queries you can contact the Corporate
Information Branch on 028 9070 0164.

Yours sincerely,

Nichola

FOI Decision Maker
Corporate Information Branch
PSNI HQ Brooklyn

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