Histrionic child abuse

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Dear Cleveland Police,

With regards to the historical child abuse which took place at Kerklevington detention centre and which the Cleveland Police have been investigating since 2014, under the freedom of information act could you please tell me how many victims came from Humberside area.

Yours faithfully,

Mark Armstrong

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Dear Mr Armstrong

 

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respond to your request within 20 days.  Unfortunately on this occasion we
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Dear Mr Armstrong

 

Enquiry Reference:  419
-23                                                                                                                        

 

I write in connection with regards to your Freedom of Information
request.  Below is your request and our response.

 

With regards to the historical child abuse which took place at
Kirklevington Detention centre and which the Cleveland Police have been
investigating since 2014, under the freedom of information act could you
please tell me how many victims came from Humberside area.

 

Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) places two duties
on public authorities. Unless exemptions apply, the first duty at Section
1 (1) (a) is to confirm or deny whether the information specified in a
request is held. The second duty at Sec 1(1) (b) is to disclose
information that has been confirmed as being held. Where exemptions are
relied upon s17 of FOIA requires that we provide 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.

 

Having made enquiries within the Force we do not have an automated way of
retrieving this information and would have to firstly manual extract the
victim’s information from a spreadsheet followed by searching the case
management system to ascertain if the address is listed at the time of
sentence, if not further research is required on other systems and
possibly requesting a microfiche and that will require a manual trawl. 
This process took at least 5 minutes per record, and this was without
searching a microfiche.  Therefore, with 755 victims (755 x 5 = 3,775
which equates to over 62 hours) and this would take in excess of the
appropriate time stipulated by the Secretary for Constitutional Affairs,
Lord Falconer on the 18th Of October 2004, that is, eighteen hours. This
falls under the exemption of 'Compliance exceeding the appropriate limit'
covered by Section 12 (1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and as
such this work could not be undertaken.

Therefore, please treat this as a refusal notice under S17 of the Freedom
of information Act.

 

In accordance with Section 16 of the Act we have a duty to provide advice
and assistance however on this occasion we cannot offer any suggestion on
how you could refine this request.

 

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Yours sincerely

 

 

Mrs M Johnson

Information Rights Decision Maker

Information Management Unit

Cleveland Police | St Marks House | Stockton | TS17 6QW

 

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