Call-outs for domestic violence for every month of 2020
Dear West Mercia Police,
I'm currently writing a story on the effect the lockdown has had on domestic violence cases within Worcestershire. There has been national reports on the rise in domestic violence cases since lockdown. To support this on a local scale I will need to know the number of call-outs for domestic violence for every month of 2020 to date.
Yours faithfully,
Shnae Harrison
Dear Sir or Madam
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43763
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Sue Cale
Information Compliance Administrator
Information Compliance Unit
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Dear Sir or Madam
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 43763
I write in connection with your request for information which was received
on 16^th November 2020. Please find below the response to your request:
I'm currently writing a story on the effect the lockdown has had on
domestic violence cases within Worcestershire. There has been national
reports on the rise in domestic violence cases since lockdown. To support
this on a local scale I will need to know the number of call-outs for
domestic violence for every month of 2020 to date.
Reply:-
Please be advised that the information that you have requested is not
available in a readily retrievable format. The information regarding
Domestic Violence call-outs for 2020 to date (broken down by month) is not
held centrally or in an electronically retrievable format from 2^nd July
2020. This is due to the installation of our new command and control
system in July which we are still mapping and verifying data.
It would require interrogation of multiple platforms by manual review of
our records in order for us to identify the relevant information for your
request. Therefore the cost of providing you with the information is above
the amount to which we are legally required to respond i.e. the cost of
locating and retrieving the information exceeds the ‘appropriate level’ as
stated in section 12 of the Freedom of Information (Fees and Appropriate
Limit) Regulations 2004.
In accordance with section 17 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, this
letter acts as a Refusal Notice for this request.
However, In accordance with Section 16 of the Act I have a duty to provide
advice and assistance in relation to your request and can provide the
information requested for the remaining time period as this was retrieved
during our initial research. This should not be taken as a precedent that
additional information would be supplied outside of the time/fees
legislation for any subsequent requests.
FOI
43763
2020 :
Domestic
Violence
Calls in
West
Mercia
between
1st
January
and 1st
July
2020
(inc)
January 1621
February 1662
March 1628
April 1676
May 1919
June 1847
1st July
only 62
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is as
accurate as possible
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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
Ms T Williams
Information Compliance Unit
West Mercia Police
PO Box 55
Hindlip
Worcester
WR3 8SP
01905 331545 / 331565
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Headquarters, PO Box 55, Hindlip, Worcester, WR3 8SP.
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