Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA)

Thank you for your email received today in which you make a request for
information that Northumbria Police may hold in accordance with the
Freedom of Information Act 2000

We are in the process of dealing with your request and a response should
be provided to you by 27 August 2019 which is in accordance with the
legislation.

Yours sincerely

Information Management Unit

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Provision of information held by Northumbria Police made under the Freedom
of Information Act 2000 (the 'Act')

Thank you for your email dated 25 July 2019 in which you made a request
for access to certain information which may be held by Northumbria Police.

As you may be aware the purpose of the Act is to allow a general right of
access to information held at the time of a request, by a Public Authority
(including the Police), subject to certain limitations and exemptions.

You asked:

1.     Could you please tell me how many minors (under the age of 18) have
been arrested in each year since 2014 for offences relating to the supply
of controlled drugs? I would like this information broken down by the age
of the suspect, and the type of drug involved.

2.     Can you also tell me how many of those have been charged, in each
year? I would like this information broken down by age of the suspect, the
charge, and type of drug involved.

We have now had the opportunity to fully consider your request and I
provide a response for your attention.

Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted with the
Corporate Development Department of Northumbria Police. I can confirm that
the information you have requested is held by Northumbria Police.

I am able to disclose the located information to you as follows.

It should be noted that the following data has been collated by searching
for all arrests where the offence description relates to the supply of
drugs.  The type of drug cited in the arrest is what the person was
suspected of supplying at the time eg, the offence description of the
arrest is 'Possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply
Cocaine'.  It is common for a person to be charged with a different
offence to the one they were arrested for when new evidence is uncovered. 
Therefore the disposal of the arrest is where the disposal also relates to
a drugs offence, and the disposal totals are taken from the arrest data.

1.

Year Age at Amphetamine Cocaine Ketamine LSD MDMA Mephedrone Other Synthetic
arrest Cannabis
13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
14 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
2014 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
16 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
17 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0
14 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2015 15 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 0
16 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
17 0 0 1 1 1 0 12 0
14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2016 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
16 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
17 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
14 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2017 16 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 0
17 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0
12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
13 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2018 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
15 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
16 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
17 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 0
14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2019 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
17 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0

2.

Disposal Type Age Mephedrone Other
2^nd Youth Caution 16 0 2
2014 Charged 16 0 1

  17 0 1
Postal Requisition 17 1 0
Disposal Type Age Mephedrone Other
1^st Youth Caution 16 0 2
Charged 15 0 3

  16 1 0
2015 Summons 15 0 1

  16 0 1

  17 0 1
Youth Conditional Caution 16 0 1
Disposal Type Age Amphetamine Other
2016 Simple Caution 17 1 0
Youth Conditional Caution 16 0 1
Disposal Type Age MDMA Other
1^st Youth Caution 14 0 1

  16 1 0
2017
  17 0 1
2^nd Youth Caution 16 0 1
Charged 16 0 1
Postal Requisition 17 0 2
Youth Conditional Caution 16 1 1
Disposal Type Age Cocaine Other
1^st Youth Caution 17 0 1
2^nd Youth Caution 17 0 1
Cannabis Warning 17 0 1
Charged 16 0 1

2018   17 0 2
Postal Requisition 14 0 1

  15 0 2

  16 1 1
Youth Conditional Caution 14 0 1
16 0 1
Disposal Type Age   Other
2019 2^nd Youth Caution 17   1
Postal Requisition 17   1
Youth Conditional Caution 14   1

Due to the different methods of recording information across 43 forces, a
specific response from one constabulary should not be seen as an
indication of what information could be supplied (within cost) by another.
Systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the
procedures used locally in capturing the data. For this reason responses
between forces may differ, and should not be used for comparative
purposes.

The information we have supplied to you is likely to contain intellectual
property rights of Northumbria Police. Your use of the information must be
strictly in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as
amended) or such other applicable legislation. In particular, you must not
re-use this information for any commercial purpose.

You may be interested to know that Northumbria Police routinely publish
information via the Disclosure Log. The aim of the Disclosure Log is to
promote openness and transparency by voluntarily placing information into
the public arena.

The Disclosure Log contains copies of some of the information that has
been disclosed by Northumbria Police in response to requests made under
the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Whilst it is not possible to publish all responses we will endeavour to
publish those where we feel that the information disclosed is in the wider
public interest.

The Disclosure Log will be updated once responses have been sent to the
requester.

I have provided the relevant link below.

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How to complain

If you are unhappy with our decision or do not consider that we have
handled your request properly and we are unable to resolve this issue
informally, you are entitled to make a formal complaint to us under our
complaints procedure, attached.

If you are still unhappy after we have investigated your complaint and
reported to you the outcome, you may complain directly to the Information
Commissioner’s Office and request that they investigate to ascertain
whether we have dealt with your request in accordance with the Act.

Yours sincerely

Michael Cleugh

Data Protection and Disclosure Advisor

[NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED]

'Northumbria Police will be outstanding in the service we provide'

'We will do this through protecting the Vulnerable, delivering quality
Investigations and applying Problem solving to everything we do to protect
the communities we serve.'

NORTHUMBRIA POLICE PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE The information
contained in this message and any attachment(s) is confidential and
intended only for the attention of the named organisation or individual to
whom it is addressed. The message may contain information that is covered
by legal, professional or other privilege. No mistake in transmission is
intended to waive or compromise any such privilege. This message has been
sent over public networks and the sender cannot be held responsible for
its integrity. If you are not the intended recipient be aware that any
disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken in reliance of the
information contained herein is strictly prohibited, and is contrary to
the provisions of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act, 1988 and of the
Data Protection Act, 2018. Any views expressed are those of the sender
and, unless specifically stated, do not necessarily represent the view of
Northumbria Police. We cannot accept any liability for any loss or damage
sustained as a result of software viruses. It is your responsibility to
carry out such virus checking as is necessary. If you have received this
message in error, please notify the sender by e-mail at once and delete
the message immediately. For more information about Northumbria Police
please visit our website - http://www.northumbria.police.uk

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