Marches in 2016

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Dear Merseyside Police,

Thanks for your continued service in keeping the city safe.

I would like to know

1: How many marches/protests took place in 2016?

2: what were their causes?

3: How many marches were applied for in 2016?

4: what were their causes?

4: How many were authorised/permitted?

5: How many went ahead without permission?

Yours faithfully,

Derek Jones

Freedom Of Information, Merseyside Police

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Freedom Of Information, Merseyside Police

Dear Mr. Jones,

 

I write in connection with your request for information, dated 19/01/2019
concerning:

 

(Summary of request) Marches and Protests in the Liverpool City area.

 

 

The FOI Act obliges us the Force to respond to requests promptly and in
any case no later than 20 working days after receiving your request. The
Force must consider firstly whether it can comply with section 1(1) (a) of
the Act, which is the duty to confirm whether

 

The public interest in providing a response to you is currently under
consideration or not the information requested is held and secondly the
Force must comply with section 1 (1) (b), which is the provision of such
information. However, when a qualified exemption applies to either to the
confirmation or denial of whether the information is held or the provision
of the information and the public interest is engaged, the act allows the
time for response to be longer than 20 working days, if the balance of
such public interest is undetermined.

 

In this case the Force has not yet reached a decision on where the balance
of the public interest lies in respect of the above obligations.  As per
current ICO guidance, cases that involve qualified exemptions are
permitted additional time to consider the public interest in disclosure.
The Act allows a maximum period of up to 20 days to take a decision on
where this balance lies. Therefore the Force plan to let you have a
response by 14/03/2019 at the very latest. However, it is intended that
the information will be sent to you well within that deadline.

 

The specific exemption(s) which apply in relation to your request is/are:

 

Section 31 Law Enforcement

 

The exemption(s) above require public interest tests. This is what is
currently taking place. Taking that into account this email acts as a
refusal notice under Section 17* in that it informs you that it;

 

•       confirms that a response will not be provided within 20 working
days,

•       provides the exemptions presently under consideration and

•       States (if that would otherwise be apparent) why the exemptions
may apply following public interest considerations.

 

*(non-provision of a response within the 20 working days as prescribed by
the Act constitutes a refusal).

 

As stated above it is the intention of the Force to respond by the date
provided. I apologise for any inconvenience caused.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

D. Jackson

Disclosure Analyst

Data Access Unit (CJJ)

Merseyside Police

PO BOX 59

LIVERPOOL

L69 1JD

Fax: 0151 777 1674

E-mail: [Merseyside Police request email]

 

 

 

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Freedom Of Information, Merseyside Police

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Dear 

 

Response Letter - FOI Application DJ 2019 - 0111 MERPOL (please quote in
all correspondence)

 

I write in connection with your request for information which was received
by Merseyside Police. I note that you seek access to the following
information:

 

(Paraphrased) Information in respect of marches and processions.

 

Following receipt for your request searches were conducted within the
Merseyside Police to locate information relevant to your request. I can
confirm that the information that you requested is held by Merseyside
Police.

 

To locate the information relevant to your request, searches were
conducted in the Matric Force Planning Unit.

The searches located information relevant to your request which is shown
on the attached response table.

 

I have today been authorized by the Data Access Supervisor, senior
decision maker in this case, to disclose the located information to you,
as attached. Please find attached above, the response table with
information.

 

Complaint Rights

 

Your attention is drawn to the information following this response, which
details your rights review and of complaint.           

 

Should you have any further inquiries concerning this matter, please write
or e-mail me, at the below address, quoting the reference number above.

 

Yours faithfully

 

D Jackson

Disclosure Analyst

Merseyside Police

Data Access Unit (FOI)

PO BOX 59

LIVERPOOL L69 1JD

Fax: 0151 777 1677

E-mail:  [Merseyside Police request email]

 

Schedule(s) of disclosed information:   Please see attachment at the top
of the e-mail.

 

 

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Dear Freedom Of Information, Merseyside police

Thank you for your time and effort

Yours sincerely,

Derek Jones

Freedom Of Information, Merseyside Police

Your email to the Merseyside Police Freedom of Information (FOI) in box is
acknowledged.

 

If it contains an initial (new) request under FOI it will be dealt with in
accordance with section 10 of the Act which means that you are entitled to
receive a response no later than 20 working days after the first working
day* on which your request is received.

 

Other arrangements may apply if a fees notice is issued or if the time
period is extended in order that public interest considerations of our
response may take place. Section 10 also allows public authorities to
apply variations to the normal 20 working day timescale in some limited
circumstances.

 

Due to the volume of e-mail correspondence and FOI applications received,
the Force regrets that individual acknowledgement e-mails will not be sent
even if specifically requested.

 

If the correspondence cannot be dealt with as FOI, it will be forwarded
internally and you will be advised of the location. Any related
communication must be direct to the identified location and not the FOI
e-mail address.

 

*The ‘working day’ is defined as any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday,
Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday under the
Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in any part of the United Kingdom.
The first reckonable day is the working day after the working day of
receipt.

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