warrants issued for breach of probation licence conditions
Dear Sir or Madam,
Please provide the following data, broken down for each year:
(1) In the last 5 years, how many warrants for arrest have been
issued for an individual who has broken their probation licence
conditions?
(2) Out of this figure, how many were considered high priority,
and/or considered to pose a risk of harm to others?
(3) Out of the total number of warrants issued per year, as stated
in answer to (1), how many of those individuals have been
re-arrested?
(4) Out of the warrants consider high priority, as stated in the
answer to (2), how many of those individuals have been re-arrested?
(5) Out of the total number of warrants issued, as stated in the
answer to (1), how many of those individuals have re-offended while
a warrant for their arrest was active?
(6) Out of the total number of warrants issued, as stated in the
answer to (2), how many of those individuals have re-offended while
a warrant for their arrest was active?
(7) Referring to the individuals stated in answer in question (5),
what crimes have they committed while a warrant for their arrest
was active?
(8) Referring to the individuals stated in answer in question (6),
what crimes have they committed while a warrant for their arrest
was active?
(9) Please provide the following information about any individual
who is the subject of a warrant for arrest for breaking their
probation licence conditions, but who has not as yet been
re-arrested:
* names, ages and last offence for which they received a custodial
sentence.
Yours faithfully,
Alexander Plough
Dear Alexander
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 0365/2009
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Alec Taylor
Information Access Office
Cambridgeshire Constabulary
Dear Alexander
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 0365/2009
In reply to your request for information under the Freedom of Information
Act 2000, dated 9th July 2009 and received in Cambridgeshire as follows:
(1) In the last 5 years, how many warrants for arrest have been issued for
an individual who has broken their probation licence
conditions?
(2) Out of this figure, how many were considered high priority, and/or
considered to pose a risk of harm to others?
(3) Out of the total number of warrants issued per year, as stated in
answer to (1), how many of those individuals have been
re-arrested?
(4) Out of the warrants consider high priority, as stated in the answer to
(2), how many of those individuals have been re-arrested?
(5) Out of the total number of warrants issued, as stated in the answer to
(1), how many of those individuals have re-offended while
a warrant for their arrest was active?
(6) Out of the total number of warrants issued, as stated in the answer to
(2), how many of those individuals have re-offended while
a warrant for their arrest was active?
(7) Referring to the individuals stated in answer in question (5), what
crimes have they committed while a warrant for their arrest
was active?
(8) Referring to the individuals stated in answer in question (6), what
crimes have they committed while a warrant for their arrest
was active?
(9) Please provide the following information about any individual who is
the subject of a warrant for arrest for breaking their
probation licence conditions, but who has not as yet been re-arrested:
* names, ages and last offence for which they received a custodial
sentence.
Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act states that a public
authority is not obliged to comply with a request for information if the
authority estimates that the cost of complying with the request would
exceed the “appropriate limit”. For Police forces in the UK, the
"appropriate limit" is considered to be up to 18 hours of work on one
request. This information is given in the Freedom of Information (Fees and
Appropriate Limit) Regulations 2004.
It is estimated that it will take over 18 hours to provide an answer to
this request. This is because we do not have a 'marker' to identify those
persons who are warranted for arrest and who are also on probation and
therefore would have to do a manual search of all warrants issued in order
to locate the information, if held.
Under S16 of the Freedom of Information Act, I can advise you that I have
made enquiries of the Probation Service who have confirmed that this
information is held in a retrievable format by them. I would advise you to
submit your request to:
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Regards
David Price
Information Access Office
Cambridgeshire Constabulary
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