Sexual assaults in hospitals

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Dear City of London Police,

I would like to make the following request under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Could you please tell me how many sexual assaults were recorded in hospitals in your area in each year since 2014?

Could you also please specify how many in each year were recorded as rape?

If possible, could you also please tell me the types of wards or hospitals in which the assaults took place? Whether for instance they were in psychiatric hospitals, or childrens' hospitals, etc.

Yours faithfully,

Matthew Thompson

FOI, City of London Police

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no-reply@colp.ecase.co.uk on behalf of David Tustin, City of London Police

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Dear Matthew Thompson,

I am writing in response to your request for information, received 11th
September.

Yours sincerely,

Dear [email address] on behalf of David Tustin,

Thanks for your response, could I therefore amend my request as you suggest, to be dated after April 2015?

Yours sincerely,

Matthew Thompson