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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NOs: West Mercia Police 11179 and Warwickshire Police 11180
I write in connection with your requests for information which were received on 6th February 2019. Please find below the responses to your requests for West Mercia Police and Warwickshire Police information:
1) In the year of 2017/18 how many people were arrested under the 1824 Vagrancy Act?
a) May this please be grouped by reason for the arrest or the offence title.
2) In the year of 2017/18 how many people were charged under the 1824 Vagrancy Act?
a) May this please be grouped by reason for charge or the offence title and details
3) In the year of 2016/17 how many people were arrested under the 1824 Vagrancy Act?
a) May this please be grouped by reason for the arrest or the offence title.
4) In the year of 2016/17 how many people were charged under the 1824 Vagrancy Act?
a) May this please be grouped by reason for the charge or the offence title.
5) In the year of 2015/16 how many people were arrested under the 1824 Vagrancy Act?
a) May this please be grouped by reason for the arrest or the offence title.
6) In the year of 2015/16 how many people were charged under the 1824 Vagrancy Act?
a) May this please be grouped by reason for the charge or the offence title.
REPLY: Please see attached tables.
Please note that West Mercia Police and Warwickshire Police changed to a new recording system in 2017, hence there are two tables of data for 2017/18. For the arrest data up to October 2017 the circumstances of arrest have been reviewed and the words "beg/begging" & "enclosed premises" have been searched for to obtain the arrest figures. Since October 2017 the reasons for arrest of begging, begging - persistent & found on enclosed premises have been used to obtain the arrest figures.