Unauthorised Encampments (1150/20)
Request
I am seeking information concerning the number of times police have attended `unauthorised encampments
1: A yearly breakdown from 1st January 2015 to 31st December 2019 of the number of times police have attended an `unauthorised encampment.
2: A yearly breakdown from 1st January 2015 to 31st December 2019 of the number of times police have used section 61 of Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 to direct travellers to leave an `unauthorised encampment.
3: A yearly breakdown from 1st January 2015 to 31st December 2019 of the number of times police have used section 62 of Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 to evict travellers from an `unauthorised encampment
Response
Please be advised that the information that you have requested is not available in a readily retrievable format, in relation figures for 2015.
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 in formation in relation to figures for 2016/ 2017/ 2018 has being previously provided to you and this can be accessed via the following link
https://foi.west-midlands.police.uk/unauthorised-encampment-13274-19/
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