Right to ask / right to know (231A/24)
Request
Please can you advise re the year 2022:
- how many ‘Right to Ask’ applications resulted in disclosure, specifying by gender also
- how many ‘Right to Know’ applications resulted in disclosure, specifying by gender also
Response
Please find enclosed our response.
2022 Data as requested
Right to Ask: 1,793 requests, 1,765 disclosures made, 1,728 female and 65 males
Right to Know: 379 requests, 371 disclosures made, 367 female and 12 males
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are considered when interpreting those data.
The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be considered when those data are used.
If you decide to write an article / use the enclosed data we would ask you to take into consideration the factors highlighted in this document so as to not mislead members of the public or official bodies, or misrepresent the relevance of the whole or any part of this disclosed material.
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