CSE child sexual exploitation and sexual abuse
Dear Merseyside Police,
1, Can you please forward me the actual numbers of incidents within licensed premises in the Liverpool city council licensed area where an individual has been prosecuted for a sexual offence on the premisses that a license is in operation approved by Liverpool city council ?
2, Please supply the number of hackney cab and private hire drivers that have been arrested convicted of sexual offences and or child sexual offences such as grooming within the Merseyside area where successful prosecutions have happened as a result of investigations by Merseyside police (I do not require names or personal details just the actual numbers so as not to breach GDPR) please supply the numbers for the last ten years ?
3, Please supply the number of arrested and convicted private hire drivers and hackney cab drivers in relation to either drug abuse driving or where convictions relate to being concerned in the supply and or transport of class a,b,c drugs in the last ten years ?
Yours faithfully,
James Bradley
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Dear Applicant,
Response - FOIA Application - DJ 2025 - 0035 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): Statistical information in relation to taxi drivers.
Following receipt for your request searches were conducted within the
Merseyside Police to locate information relevant to your request. I can
confirm that some of the information that you requested is held by
Merseyside Police.
Result of searches.
The searches located some records relevant to your request.
Decision.
I have today been authorised by the senior decision maker in this case,
the Data Access Supervisor, to:
Disclose information related to your request numbered one in full.
Disclose information related to your request numbered two and three,
subject to the deletion of information pursuant to the provisions of
sections 32, Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act).
Your request for information, in relation to the exempt information, has
been considered and Merseyside Police is not obliged to supply the
information that you have requested.
Section 17, Freedom of Information Act, 2000, requires Merseyside Police,
when refusing to provide such information (because the information is
exempt) to provide you the applicant with a notice which:
(a) States that fact,
(b) Specifies the exemption(s) in question and
(c) States (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption
applies.
In respect of the requests, where appropriate, under the duty in section
16 of the Act, the duty to be helpful, I have provided information, shown
as additional information or in the response section which I believe will
be of assistance to you.
Please find attached information relating to your request in the schedule
above.
Making a complaint or an appeal
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Should you have any further inquiries concerning this matter, please write
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Yours faithfully
D Jackson
Disclosure Analyst
Merseyside Police
Data Access Unit
PO BOX 2122
LIVERPOOL L3 3YW
Do not use Analyst’s personal e-mail address – us the below address.
E-mail: [1][Merseyside Police request email]
Schedule(s) of disclosed information: Attached at top of e-mail.
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