C&CR FOI Investigation Team
1st Floor Westfields
Ms Eva Levy
C/O Municipal Buildings
Earle Street
CREWE
CW1 2BJ
Telephone: 0300 123 5500
xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Date: 10 February 2021
Our Reference: 10851349
Dear Ms Levy
Information Request - 10851349 - Arrests, prosecutions and convictions
I am responding to your request for information, which has been considered under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (FoIA) and logged as case 10851349.
Your request is as follows:
Dear Cheshire Police and Crime Panel,Please could you provide details of how many people have
been (a) arrested for (b) prosecuted for and (c) convicted of vice-related offences by your force for
the years 2018 to 2020 inclusive; and if possible the gender and age/age-range of the persons.Vice-
related offences include:
Loitering or Soliciting for Prostitution Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation Causing, Inciting and
Controlling Prostitution for Gain Keeping a Brothel Paying for Sexual Services.If possible can you
specify for each case which one of the offences listed above it was.
Many thanks,
Yours faithfully
I am writing to advise you that, following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have established
that the information you requested is not held by Cheshire East Council.
The Cheshire Police and Crime Panel is not classed as a public authority under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and is therefore is not obliged to respond to such requests.
However, Cheshire East Council can confirm the Panel does not hold the information you have requested
as the Cheshire Police and Crime Panel does not directly employ any staff.
Cheshire East Council organises and clerks for the Cheshire Police and Crime Panel:
https://moderngov.cheshireeast.gov.uk/mgOutsideBodyDetails.aspx?ID=710
If you require further information about the Police & Crime Commissioner for Cheshire, please click on the
following link: https://www.cheshire-pcc.gov.uk/
Please quote the reference number 10851349 in any future communications.
Please note that an anonymised copy of this response may be published in the Council’s Disclosure Log,
which is available online at the following address:
www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/foi
If you are not satisfied with the outcome of your request or if you are not happy with the way your request
has been handled, you can request an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted
within 20 working days of our response by emailing
xxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx or in writing to Compliance
& Customer Relations Team, Cheshire East Council, 1st Floor, Westfields, c/o Municipal Buildings, Earle
Street, Crewe, CW1 2BJ.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you then 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; Tel:
0303 123 1113; Fax: 01625 524
510 or https://ico.org.uk The Information Commissioner will not normally
investigate your case until the Council’s internal review process has been completed.
Yours sincerely
Gill Clowes
Customer Relations and Compliance Assistant
Cheshire East Council
