Revenge Porn (895A/22)
Request
Please could you provide the numbers of reported cases and outcomes for Disclosing private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress under section 33 of Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/22/part/1/crossheading/disclosure-of-an-intimate-photograph-or-film/enacted) for the years 2021(jan-dec) where the victim is 18 or over.
We would also like this to include threats to share private sexual images, under section 69 of the domestic abuse act (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/17/part/6/crossheading/disclosure-of-private-sexual-photographs-and-films/enacted)
Also for Voyeurism (under Voyeurism (Offences) Act 2019- http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2019/2/enacted) under the same conditions for
And Exortion (under section Section 21 of the Theft Act 1968 – https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/60/section/21) Under the same conditions for:
- Cases of the crimes and subsequent outcomes:
- Arrests
- Cautions given
- Offenders charged and number of charges
- Community resolution
- Cases marked No Further Action
Response
Please be advised that the information that you have requested is not available in a readily retrievable format. In relation to arrests our arrest database does not record information in relation to Victims, therefore each arrest record would need to located, retrieved and manually read to see if this information was contained within each custody record.
In addition, we are unable to provide information on the amount of charges, only information on whether the offender was charged.
Therefore, the cost of providing you with the information is above the amount to which we are legally required to respond i.e. the cost of locating and retrieving the information exceeds the ‘appropriate level’ as stated in the Freedom of Information (Fees and Appropriate Limit) Regulations 2004.
In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000, this letter acts as a Refusal Notice for this part of the request and if one part of a request exceeds the fees limit then S12 of the Act applies to the whole request
However, In accordance with Section 16 of the Act I have a duty to provide advice and assistance in relation to your request and can provide information in relation to recorded crimes and the outcomes.
This should not be taken as a precedent that additional information would be supplied outside of the time/fees legislation for any subsequent requests
Further information on section 12 of FOI is available here: