Males arrested for attempting to purchase sex / running brothels

The request was successful.

Dear Metropolitan Police Service (MPS),

Could you please supply the following information under the Freedom of Information Act.

1) How many people (men and women) were arrested for attempting to buy sex/kerb crawling and running a brothel in each month of 2011, in London.

2) Of those arrested in each month the number who were:

a) released without charge

b) cautioned

c) charged

d) fined

e) If none of the above can be applied to each arrest could you tell me how the crime was dealt with?

I look forward to receiving your reply within the 20 day statutory time limit.

Yours faithfully,

Mr Ivan Roberts

Metropolitan Police Service (MPS)

Dear Mr. Roberts

Freedom of Information Request Reference No: 2012030001345
I write in connection with your request for information which was received
by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) on 11/03/2012.  I note you seek
access to the following information:

" 1) How many people (men and women) were arrested for attempting to buy
sex/kerb crawling and running a brothel in each month of 2011, in London.
       

2) Of those arrested in each month the number who were:        
a) released without charge        
b) cautioned        
c) charged        
d) fined        
e) If none of the above can be applied to each arrest could you tell me
how the crime was dealt with? "

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 the MPS 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.

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.

COMPLAINT RIGHTS

Your attention is drawn to the attached sheet, which details your right of
complaint.

Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please
contact me quoting the reference number above.

Yours sincerely

R. Loizou
Policy and Support Officer
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 the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to
review their decision.

Prior to lodging a formal complaint you are welcome and encouraged to
discuss the decision with the case officer 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
telephone the case officer that is nominated 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
the MPS made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act) regarding
access to information you can lodge a complaint with the MPS to have the
decision reviewed.

Complaints should be made in writing, within forty (40) working days from
the date of the refusal notice, and addressed to:

FOI Complaint
Public Access Office
PO Box 57192
London
SW6 1SF
[email address]

In all possible circumstances the MPS will aim to respond to your
complaint within 20 working days.
The Information Commissioner

After lodging a complaint with the MPS 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 www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk.
 Alternatively, phone or write to:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Phone:  01625 545 700

Total Policing is the Met's commitment to be on the streets and in your
communities to catch offenders, prevent crime and support victims. We are
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monitored to the extent permitted by law.  Consequently, any email and/or
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authorised to conclude any binding agreement on behalf of the MPS by
email. The MPS accepts no responsibility for unauthorised agreements
reached with other employees or agents.  The security of this email and
any attachments cannot be guaranteed. Email messages are routinely scanned
but malicious software infection and corruption of content can still occur
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Dear Mr Roberts

Freedom of Information Request Reference No: 2012030001345

I write in connection with your request for information, which was
received by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) on 11/03/2012.  I note
you seek access to the following information:

1) How many people (men and women) were arrested for attempting to buy sex
/ kerb crawling and running a brothel in each month of 2011, in London.

 2) Of those arrested in each month the number who were:
a) released without charge
b) cautioned
c) charged
d) fined
e) If none of the above can be applied to each arrest could you tell me
how the crime was dealt with?

EXTENT OF SEARCHES TO LOCATE INFORMATION

To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted
at the Directorate of Information, Performance Information Bureau.

RESULT OF SEARCHES

This letter is to inform you that it will not be possible to respond to
your request within the cost threshold.  We estimate that the cost of
complying with this request would exceed the appropriate limit specified
in the Freedom of Information and Data Protection Act Fees Regulation
2004.  For agencies outside central Government; this is set at £450 and
represents the estimated cost of one person spending 18 hours [at a rate
of £25 per hour] in determining whether the MPS holds the information, and
locating, retrieving and extracting the information.  The formal refusal
notice for this request, including the relevant sections of the FOIA, is
given in the Legal Annex below.

This question would exceed the cost threshold because there are no arrest
offences in our custody system that relate solely to attempting to buy
sex, curb crawling or running a brothel.  The only two options in our
custody system relating to prostitution are 'Prostitute cards/advert' and
'Prostitution related'.  In order to identify how many people were
arrested for the offences you have requested, each custody record with an
arrest offence of 'Prostitution related' would have to be manually
searched through to ascertain whether the offence was specifically an
attempt to buy sex, curb crawling or running a brothel.  There were 253
arrests for 'Prostitution related' offences in the MPS area in 2011.  A
trained analyst could look at an average of 6 records an hour.  Therefore,
I estimate that to ascertain how many people were arrested for attempting
to buy sex, curb crawling, running a brothel and the resulting disposal
type  would take approximately 42 hours (253 records ÷ 6), which exceeds
the cost threshold of 18 hours as stated in the FOI Act.

Please note that the Information Commissioner's guidance states that
'Section 12 makes it clear that a public authority does not have to make a
precise calculation of the costs of complying with a request.  Only an
estimate is required… what amounts to a reasonable estimate can only be
considered on a case by case basis.'  The Information Commissioner also
advises 'where a reasonable estimate has been made that the appropriate
limit would be exceeded, there is no requirement for a public authority to
undertake work up to the limit.'

In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000, this letter acts
as a Refusal Notice.

Section 16

However, under Section 16 (duty to assist), please see the attached data
which was released under FOI at the beginning of March.  This shows the
total number of people arrested in 2011 in the MPS area for the arrest
offences of 'Prostitute cards/advert' and 'Prostitution related', broken
down by gender and disposal type.

 

COMPLAINT RIGHTS

Your attention is drawn to the attached sheet which details your right of
complaint.

Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write
or contact Beth Pringle on telephone number 0207 161 3300 quoting the
reference number above.

Yours sincerely

Beth Pringle
Information Manager

LEGAL ANNEX:

Section 17(5) of the Act provides:

(5) A public authority which, in relation to any request for information,
is relying on a claim that section 12 or 14 applies must, within the time
for complying with section 1(1), give the applicant a notice stating that
fact.

Section 16 of the Act provides:

(1) It shall be the duty of a public authority to provide advice and
assistance, so far as it would be reasonable to expect the authority to do
so, to persons who propose to make, or have made, requests for information
to it.

Section 12 of the Act provides:

(1) Section 1(1) does not oblige a public authority to comply with a
request for information if the authority estimates that the cost of
complying with the request would exceed the appropriate limit.

The Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and
Fees) Regulations 2004

3 (1) This regulation has effect to prescribe the appropriate limit
referred to in section 9A(3) and (4) of the 1998 Act and the appropriate
limit referred to in section 12(1) and (2) of the 2000 Act.
(2) In the case of a public authority which is listed in Part I of
Schedule 1 to the 2000 Act, the appropriate limit is £600.
(3) In the case of any other public authority, the appropriate limit is
£450.
4 (3) In a case in which this regulation has effect, a public authority
may, for the purpose of its estimate, take account only of the costs it
reasonably expects to incur in relation to the request in-
(a) determining whether it holds the information, (b) locating the
information, or a document which may contain the information, (c)
retrieving the information, or a document which may contain the
information, and
(d) extracting the information from a document containing it.

5.  - (1) In circumstances in which this regulation applies, where two or
more requests for information to which section 1(1) of the 2000 Act would,
apart from the appropriate limit, to any extent apply, are made to a
public authority -
(a) by one person, or

(b) by different persons who appear to the public authority to be acting
in concert or in pursuance of a campaign,
the estimated cost of complying with any of the requests is to be taken to
be the total costs which may be taken into account by the authority, under
regulation 4, of complying with all of them.

    (2) This regulation applies in circumstances in which-
(a) the two or more requests referred to in paragraph (1) relate, to any
extent, to the same or similar information, and

(b) those requests are received by the public authority within any period
of sixty consecutive working days.
    (3) In this regulation, "working day" means any day other than a
Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank
holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971[4] in any part
of the United Kingdom.
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 the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to
review their decision.

Prior to lodging a formal complaint you are welcome and encouraged to
discuss the decision with the case officer 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
telephone the case officer that is nominated 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
the MPS made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act) regarding
access to information you can lodge a complaint with the MPS to have the
decision reviewed.

Complaints should be made in writing, within forty (40) working days from
the date of the refusal notice, and addressed to:

FOI Complaint
Public Access Office
PO Box 57192
London
SW6 1SF
[email address]

In all possible circumstances the MPS will aim to respond to your
complaint within 20 working days.
The Information Commissioner

After lodging a complaint with the MPS 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 www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk.
 Alternatively, phone or write to:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Phone:  01625 545 700

Total Policing is the Met's commitment to be on the streets and in your
communities to catch offenders, prevent crime and support victims. We are
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monitored to the extent permitted by law.  Consequently, any email and/or
attachments may be read by monitoring staff. Only specified personnel are
authorised to conclude any binding agreement on behalf of the MPS by
email. The MPS accepts no responsibility for unauthorised agreements
reached with other employees or agents.  The security of this email and
any attachments cannot be guaranteed. Email messages are routinely scanned
but malicious software infection and corruption of content can still occur
during transmission over the Internet. Any views or opinions expressed in
this communication are solely those of the author and do not necessarily
represent those of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).

 

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Dear Metropolitan Police Service (MPS),

Maybe the inability to find these offences is due to the fact you have misspelt Kerb Crawling?

To clarify this response, please send details with regard to the following offence categories:

- 024/17 Causing or inciting prostitution for gain (Sexual Offences Act 2003 Sec 52.)

- 024/18 Controlling prostitution for gain (Sexual Offences Act 2003 Sec 53.)

- 024/19 Keeping a brothel used for prostitution (Sexual Offences Act 1956 Sec 33A / 2003 Act Sec 55.)

- 167/2 Engaging in exploitative conduct to induce or encourage a person to provide sex services for another after payment promised (Sexual Offences Act 2003 Sec 53A)

- 072/1 Trafficking into the UK for sexual exploitation (Sexual Offences Act 2003 Sec 57.)

- 072/2 Trafficking within the UK for sexual exploitation (Sexual Offences Act 2003 Sec 58.)

Now that I have provided the crime Class Codes, please can you extract the offences as originally requested.

You may also wish to search the Allegation code "AK" which is for Kerb Crawling on the Met CRIS system.

1) I would like to know how many people (men and women) were arrested for each of these offences

2) Of those arrested in each month the number who were:
a) released without charge
b) cautioned
c) charged
d) fined
e) If none of the above can be applied to each arrest could you tell me how the crime was dealt with?

Yours faithfully,

Ivan Roberts

Metropolitan Police Service (MPS)

Dear Mr. Roberts

Freedom of Information Request Reference No: 2012030002325
I write in connection with your request for information which was received
by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) on 15/03/2012.  I note you seek
access to the following information:

"Maybe the inability to find these offences is due to the fact you have
misspelt Kerb Crawling?
   
    To clarify this response, please send details with regard to the
following offence categories:
   
    - 024/17 Causing or inciting prostitution for gain (Sexual Offences
Act 2003 Sec 52.)
   
    - 024/18 Controlling prostitution for gain (Sexual Offences Act 2003
Sec 53.)
   
    - 024/19 Keeping a brothel used for prostitution (Sexual Offences Act
1956 Sec 33A / 2003 Act Sec 55.)
   
    - 167/2 Engaging in exploitative conduct to induce or encourage a
person to provide sex services for another after payment promised (Sexual
Offences Act 2003 Sec 53A)
   
    - 072/1 Trafficking into the UK for sexual exploitation (Sexual
Offences Act 2003 Sec 57.)
   
    - 072/2 Trafficking within the UK for sexual exploitation (Sexual
Offences Act 2003 Sec 58.)
   
    Now that I have provided the crime Class Codes, please can you extract
the offences as originally requested.
   
    You may also wish to search the Allegation code "AK" which is for Kerb
Crawling on the Met CRIS system.
   
    1) I would like to know how many people (men and women) were arrested
for each of these offences
   
    2) Of those arrested in each month the number who were:
    a) released without charge
    b) cautioned
    c) charged
    d) fined
    e) If none of the above can be applied to each arrest could you tell
me how the crime was dealt with?"

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 the MPS 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.

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.

COMPLAINT RIGHTS

Your attention is drawn to the attached sheet, which details your right of
complaint.

Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please
contact me quoting the reference number above.

Yours sincerely

R. Loizou
Policy and Support Officer
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 the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to
review their decision.

Prior to lodging a formal complaint you are welcome and encouraged to
discuss the decision with the case officer 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
telephone the case officer that is nominated 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
the MPS made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act) regarding
access to information you can lodge a complaint with the MPS to have the
decision reviewed.

Complaints should be made in writing, within forty (40) working days from
the date of the refusal notice, and addressed to:

FOI Complaint
Public Access Office
PO Box 57192
London
SW6 1SF
[email address]

In all possible circumstances the MPS will aim to respond to your
complaint within 20 working days.
The Information Commissioner

After lodging a complaint with the MPS 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 www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk.
 Alternatively, phone or write to:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Phone:  01625 545 700

Total Policing is the Met's commitment to be on the streets and in your
communities to catch offenders, prevent crime and support victims. We are
here for London, working with you to make our capital safer.

 

Consider our environment - please do not print this email unless
absolutely necessary.

NOTICE - This email and any attachments may be confidential, subject to
copyright and/or legal privilege and are intended solely for the use of
the intended recipient. If you have received this email in error, please
notify the sender and delete it from your system.  To avoid incurring
legal liabilities, you must not distribute or copy the information in this
email without the permission of the sender. MPS communication systems are
monitored to the extent permitted by law.  Consequently, any email and/or
attachments may be read by monitoring staff. Only specified personnel are
authorised to conclude any binding agreement on behalf of the MPS by
email. The MPS accepts no responsibility for unauthorised agreements
reached with other employees or agents.  The security of this email and
any attachments cannot be guaranteed. Email messages are routinely scanned
but malicious software infection and corruption of content can still occur
during transmission over the Internet. Any views or opinions expressed in
this communication are solely those of the author and do not necessarily
represent those of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).

 

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Metropolitan Police Service (MPS)

Dear Mr Roberts

Freedom of Information Act Request Reference No: 2012030002325
I write in connection with your request for information, which was
received by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) on 15/03/2012.  I note
you seek access to the following information:

·        Maybe the inability to find these offences is due to the fact you
have misspelt Kerb Crawling?        
To clarify this response, please send details with regard to the following
offence categories:
- 024/17 Causing or inciting prostitution for gain (Sexual Offences Act
2003 Sec 52.)        
- 024/18 Controlling prostitution for gain (Sexual Offences Act 2003 Sec
53.)        
- 024/19 Keeping a brothel used for prostitution (Sexual Offences Act 1956
Sec 33A / 2003 Act Sec 55.)        
- 167/2 Engaging in exploitative conduct to induce or encourage a person
to provide sex services for another after payment promised (Sexual
Offences Act 2003 Sec 53A)     - 072/1 Trafficking into the UK for sexual
exploitation (Sexual Offences Act 2003 Sec 57.)        
- 072/2 Trafficking within the UK for sexual exploitation (Sexual Offences
Act 2003 Sec 58.)        
Now that I have provided the crime Class Codes, please can you extract the
offences as originally requested.  You may also wish to search the
Allegation code "AK" which is for Kerb Crawling on the Met CRIS system.  
     
1) I would like to know how many people (men and women) were arrested for
each of these offences        
2) Of those arrested in each month the number who were:     a) released
without charge     b) cautioned     c) charged     d) fined     e) If none
of the above can be applied to each arrest could you tell me how the crime
was dealt with?

Apologies Mr Roberts, I was using the American spelling.  However, whether
it is spelt 'curb' or 'kerb' does not make any difference to the
possibility of extracting the data requested with regard to arrests.

You have provided classification codes which we can extract from our crime
recording system, CRIS, as a count of offences or a count of people
proceeded against.  However, you then ask for arrest data.  Our custody
recording system, NSPIS, does not link to CRIS in any way.  Arrests are
not logged on NSPIS by classification codes, as an offence has not yet
been confirmed.  Therefore, they are logged using an arrest offence.  The
list of arrest offences is much smaller than classified offences and, as a
result, the arrest offences are much broader.  The two main arrest
offences that relate to prostitution are 'Prostitute cards/adverts' and
'Prostitution related', for which you have already received data.  I have
since been informed that there is one other relevant arrest offence, which
is 'Soliciting by a man'.

Therefore, to clarify, we are in a position to provide you with the
following data for 2011:

1) a count of arrests for 'Soliciting by a man' broken down by month and
disposal type

and for the offences listed below:

2) a count of offences broken down by month

3) a count of people proceeded against broken down by month, gender and
proceedings type

- 024/17 Causing or inciting prostitution for gain (Sexual Offences Act
2003 Sec 52.)
     
- 024/18 Controlling prostitution for gain (Sexual Offences Act 2003 Sec
53.)
     
- 024/19 Keeping a brothel used for prostitution (Sexual Offences Act 1956
Sec 33A / 2003 Act Sec 55.)

- 167/01 Soliciting another for the purpose of obtaining their sexual
services as a prostitute in a street or public place (Sexual Offences Act
2003 Sec51A) **NOTE** I have added this offence to your list as this
covers those with an allegation code of AK.
     
- 167/02 Engaging in exploitative conduct to induce or encourage a person
to provide sex services for another after payment promised
     (Sexual Offences Act 2003 Sec 53A)
     
- 072/01 Trafficking into the UK for sexual exploitation (Sexual Offences
Act 2003 Sec 57.)
     
- 072/02 Trafficking within the UK for sexual exploitation (Sexual
Offences Act 2003 Sec 58.)

Please let me know if you would like to proceed with the above or if you
have any further queries.

After receiving your reply, your request will then be considered and you
will receive the information requested within the statutory timescale of
20 working days, subject to the information not being exempt or containing
a reference to a third party.

However, if the requested additional information has not been received by
23/04/2012, I will assume you no longer wish to proceed with this request
and will treat it as withdrawn.

COMPLAINT RIGHTS

Your attention is drawn to the attached sheet which details your right of
complaint.

Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write
or contact Beth Pringle on telephone number 0207 161 3300 quoting the
reference number above.

Yours sincerely,

Beth Pringle
Information Manager
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 the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to
review their decision.

Prior to lodging a formal complaint you are welcome and encouraged to
discuss the decision with the case officer 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
telephone the case officer that is nominated 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
the MPS made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act) regarding
access to information you can lodge a complaint with the MPS to have the
decision reviewed.

Complaints should be made in writing, within forty (40) working days from
the date of the refusal notice, and addressed to:

FOI Complaint
Public Access Office
PO Box 57192
London
SW6 1SF
[email address]

In all possible circumstances the MPS will aim to respond to your
complaint within 20 working days.
The Information Commissioner

After lodging a complaint with the MPS 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 www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk.
 Alternatively, phone or write to:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Phone:  01625 545 700

Total Policing is the Met's commitment to be on the streets and in your
communities to catch offenders, prevent crime and support victims. We are
here for London, working with you to make our capital safer.

 

Consider our environment - please do not print this email unless
absolutely necessary.

NOTICE - This email and any attachments may be confidential, subject to
copyright and/or legal privilege and are intended solely for the use of
the intended recipient. If you have received this email in error, please
notify the sender and delete it from your system.  To avoid incurring
legal liabilities, you must not distribute or copy the information in this
email without the permission of the sender. MPS communication systems are
monitored to the extent permitted by law.  Consequently, any email and/or
attachments may be read by monitoring staff. Only specified personnel are
authorised to conclude any binding agreement on behalf of the MPS by
email. The MPS accepts no responsibility for unauthorised agreements
reached with other employees or agents.  The security of this email and
any attachments cannot be guaranteed. Email messages are routinely scanned
but malicious software infection and corruption of content can still occur
during transmission over the Internet. Any views or opinions expressed in
this communication are solely those of the author and do not necessarily
represent those of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).

 

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Twitter: @metpoliceuk

Dear Metropolitan Police Service (MPS),

Yes please provide what is available as you see fit.

Yours faithfully,

I.A.R

Metropolitan Police Service (MPS)

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Dear Mr Roberts

Freedom of Information Request Reference No:  2012030002325

I write in connection with your request for information, which was
received by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) on 15/03/2012.  I note
you seek access to the following information:

* "Maybe the inability to find these offences is due to the fact you
have misspelt Kerb Crawling?

  To clarify this response, please send details with regard to the
following offence categories:

- 024/17 Causing or inciting prostitution for gain (Sexual Offences Act
2003 Sec 52.)
- 024/18 Controlling prostitution for gain (Sexual Offences Act 2003 Sec
53.)
- 024/19 Keeping a brothel used for prostitution (Sexual Offences Act 1956
Sec 33A / 2003 Act Sec 55.)
- 167/2 Engaging in exploitative conduct to induce or encourage a person
to provide sex services for another after payment promised (Sexual
Offences Act 2003 Sec 53A)
- 072/1 Trafficking into the UK for sexual exploitation (Sexual Offences
Act 2003 Sec 57.)
- 072/2 Trafficking within the UK for sexual exploitation (Sexual Offences
Act 2003 Sec 58.)

Now that I have provided the crime Class Codes, please can you extract the
offences as originally requested.  You may also wish to search the
Allegation code "AK" which is for Kerb Crawling on the Met CRIS system.

1) I would like to know how many people (men and women) were arrested for
each of these offences
     
2) Of those arrested in each month the number who were:
a) released without charge
b) cautioned
c) charged
d) fined
e) If none of the above can be applied to each arrest could you tell me
how the crime was dealt with?"

This was later amended to read:

1) A count of arrests for 'Soliciting by a man' broken down by month and
disposal type and for the offences listed below:

2) A count of offences broken down by month

3) A count of people proceeded against broken down by month, gender and
proceedings type

- 024/17 Causing or inciting prostitution for gain (Sexual Offences Act
2003 Sec 52.)
- 024/18 Controlling prostitution for gain (Sexual Offences Act 2003 Sec
53.)
- 024/19 Keeping a brothel used for prostitution (Sexual Offences Act 1956
Sec 33A / 2003 Act Sec 55.)
- 167/01 Soliciting another for the purpose of obtaining their sexual
services as a prostitute in a street or public place (Sexual Offences Act
2003 Sec51A)
- 167/02 Engaging in exploitative conduct to induce or encourage a person
to provide sex services for another after payment promised (Sexual
Offences Act 2003 Sec 53A)
- 072/01 Trafficking into the UK for sexual exploitation (Sexual Offences
Act 2003 Sec 57.)
- 072/02 Trafficking within the UK for sexual exploitation (Sexual
Offences Act 2003 Sec 58.)

EXTENT OF SEARCHES TO LOCATE INFORMATION

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RESULT OF SEARCHES

The searches located records relevant to your request.

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I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.

Please find attached information pursuant to your request above.

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