Dear Ms Emerson,
 
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: RFI 7858/16
 
I write in connection with your request for information dated and received
on 16th November 2016.
 
Your request will now be considered in accordance with the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (the Act).  You will receive a response within the
statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Act, subject to
the information not being exempt or containing a reference to a third
party.  In some circumstances West Mercia Police may be unable to achieve
this deadline.  If this is likely you will be informed and given a revised
time-scale at the earliest opportunity.
 
There may be a fee payable for the retrieval, collation and provision of
the information you request.  If this is the case you will be informed and
the 20 working day timescale will be suspended until we receive payment
from you. If you chose not to make payment then your request will remain
unanswered.
 
Some requests may also require either full or partial transference to
another public authority in order to answer your query in the fullest
possible way. Again, you will be informed if this is the case.
 
Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write
or telephone the Information Compliance Unit quoting the reference number
above.
 
Yours sincerely
 
 
Mrs Louise Fellows
Information Compliance Assistant
Information Compliance Unit
Warwickshire Police & West Mercia Police
Hindlip
 
 
 
 

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Dear Ms Emerson,
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: RFI 7858/16
I write in connection with your request for information which was received
on 16^th November 2016.  Please find below the response to your request:
I would like to request the following information for the months July &
December 2005, July & December 2006, July & December 2007, July & December
2008, July & December 2009, July & December 2010, July & December 2011,
July & December 2012, July & December 2013, July & December 2014, July &
December 2015 and July 2016
I would also like this information to be based on figures from the West
Mercia Police force area.
1. Over each of the time periods listed, how many drivers were stopped and
breathalysed?
2. In July and December of each year, how many of these were male and how
many were female?
2. In July and December of each year, how many of these drivers tested
positive?
4. In July and December of each year, how many of the drivers that tested
positive were male and how many were female?
5. In July and December of each year, can you give details for the age
range of all drivers that were stopped and breathalised
 
REPLY: Please be advised that all the information that you have requested
is not available in a readily retrievable format. Information for question
5 is not held in an electronically searchable format and it would require
a manual review of 2708 arrest 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 the Freedom of Information
(Fees and Appropriate Limit) Regulations 2004.
 
In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000, this letter acts
as a Refusal Notice for this part of the request and if one part of a
request exceeds the fees limit then S12 of the Act applies to the whole
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 our Force Operations
Department have provided details of both summer and Xmas drink drive
campaigns which are held annually (2007 onwards) in June and December with
the exception of 2016 when the Summer campaign was held between the 10th
June and the 10th July. This should not be taken as a precedent that
additional information would be supplied outside of the time/fees
legislation for any subsequent requests
 
Q1 Historical breath test numbers data is only available going back as far
2008. And gender detail is only available from 2012.
 
   Table 1  2008 - 2011 breath test numbers June and December.
 
   
 
 
 
Table 2  2012 - 2016 breath test numbers by gender 2012 to 2016 June and
December
 
 
   
 
 
Q 3 & 4
    How many drivers tested positive during both months each year and how
many were Male and how many Female.
 
    Table 3
 
   
 
 
Every effort has been made to ensure that the response provided by our
Force Operations Department is as accurate as possible.
In addition, It has been noted that you have submitted 3 FOI requests
covering different topics in quick succession in November 2016, and also
you have submitted questions in this request that you have already
received the information for in different formats before. Please be
mindful that each request submitted requires the use of police resources
to retrieve, collate and review the information requested and that it
would not be in the public interest for Freedom of Information legislation
to be used for repeated requests, as using police resources in this way
would detract from the core purpose of policing i.e. preventing or
detecting crime and preservation of life.
 
Therefore, we are including a warning under Section 14(1) on the basis
that the submission of multiple requests in a short time span, in addition
to resubmitting questions that have already been previously answered, and
the work involved to administer these is a disruptive burden and the
disclosure may not be proportionate to the end product being in the public
interest.
You should be aware that Section 14 1(1) of the Freedom of Information
legislation states that an authority is not obliged to comply with a
request for information if the request is deemed vexatious. Requests are
deemed vexatious if they fit one of more of the following criteria:
 
*The request is designed to cause disruption or annoyance
*The request lacks any serious purpose or value
* The work involved is a disruptive burden
 
Any future requests submitted that are deemed to have no serious purpose
or value or fit any other of the above criteria will be refused under
Section 14(1), any future requests submitted that are repeated will be
refused under Section 14(2).
 
Your attention is drawn to the below which details your right of
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
 
Mrs R Williams
Information Compliance Unit
Warwickshire Police & West Mercia Police
PO Box 55
Hindlip
Worcester
WR3 8SP
01905 331545 / 331565
 
West Mercia Police in complying with their statutory duty under sections 1
and 11 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to release the enclosed
information will not breach the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
However, the rights of the copyright owner of the enclosed information
will continue to be protected by law. Applications for the copyright
owner’s written permission to reproduce any part of the attached
information should be addressed to The Force Solicitor, West Mercia Police
Headquarters, PO Box 55, Hindlip, Worcester, WR3 8SP.
COMPLAINT RIGHTS
Are you unhappy with how your request has been handled or do you think the
decision is incorrect?
You have the right to require West Mercia Police (WMP) to review their
decision.
Prior to lodging a formal complaint you are welcome and encouraged to
discuss the decision with the person that dealt with your request.
Ask to have the decision looked at again -
The quickest and easiest way to have the decision looked at again is to
contact the person named at the end of your decision letter.
That person will be able to discuss the decision, explain any issues and
assist with any problems.
Complaint
If you are dissatisfied with the handling procedures or the decision of
WMP made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act) regarding
access to information, you can lodge a complaint with WMP to have the
decision reviewed. WMP must be notified of your intention to complain
within 20 working days of the date of its response to your Freedom of
Information request. Complaints should be made in writing and addressed
to:
West Mercia Police Headquarters
Information Compliance Unit
Hindlip Hall
Hindlip
PO Box 55
Worcester
WR3 8SP
or
Email:  [West Mercia Police request email]
In all possible circumstances, WMP will aim to respond to your complaint
within 20 working days.
The Information Commissioner
After lodging a complaint with WMP if you are still dissatisfied with the
decision you may make application to the Information Commissioner for a
decision on whether the request for information has been dealt with in
accordance with the requirements of the Act.
For information on how to make application to the Information Commissioner
please visit their website at [1]https://ico.org.uk/ Alternatively, phone
or write to:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Phone: 0303 123 1113 (local rate) or 01625 545745 if you prefer to use a
national rate number
Fax:    01625 524 510
 
 
 
 

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