Sexual offences at the Army Foundation College, Harrogate (follow-up)
Dear Carly Busfield
Thank you very much for your full reply to my earlier Freedom of Information request (ref. 494.2023-24, 14 September 2023).
I'd like to ask a follow-up.
A. Do you have any further information about the suspected perpetrators of these offences? Specifically, it would be useful to know any of the following:
- Their ages or, if that information is not available, how many were minors and how many were adults at the time of the reported offences.
- How many suspected perpetrators were on the college's staff at the time, if any.
- Whether any prosecutions have taken place, and if so, what the outcomes were.
B. It would also be useful to know how many of the victims were aged under 18 at the time.
I appreciate that it may be the case that not all this information may be safely released.
For ease of reference, a link to your response to the original request is here: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/1...
Thank you again for your attention to this.
David Gee
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I understand that you're very busy dealing with requests at the moment. Are you able to offer me a target date for a response?
With thanks,
David Gee
Good morning
Thank you for your below email.
Please accept our apologies that we haven't yet responded to your FOI request ref 0669.2023-24. We have received a large number of requests which has caused a delay in response time. We will endeavour to respond as soon as we can.
Kind regards
Sarah
Sarah Saunders
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North Yorkshire Police
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Dear applicant,
Please see attached a reply to your Freedom of Information request.
Regards
Carly Busfield
Collar Number 4934
Legal Officer (Civil Disclosure) North Yorkshire Police
Evolve Legal Services
Joint Corporate Legal Services, North Yorkshire Police HQ, Alverton Court,
Crosby Road, Northallerton DL6 1BF
DX 68810 Northallerton 2
Civil Disclosure Direct Dial: 01609 643526
[1]www.northyorkshire.police.uk
Committed to the Code of Ethics
Evolve Legal Services is a collaboration delivering professional services
on behalf of the Chief Constables and elected Commissioners of Cleveland
Police, Durham Constabulary and North Yorkshire Police.
THIS EMAIL AND ANY ATTACHMENT(S) MAY BE SUBJECT TO LEGAL PROFESSIONAL
PRIVILEGE - PLEASE DO NOT DISCLOSE THE CONTENT TO ANYONE ELSE WITHOUT
ASKING JOINT CORPORATE LEGAL SERVICES
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