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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 387-2023
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 11th April 2023 as follows:
Q1. How many people whose profession was to deliver goods, ie delivery drivers (for example Deliveroo drivers, DPD drivers, post men) have been convicted of sexual harassment in the years:
- 2023 (to April 1)
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018
Q2. How many people whose profession was to deliver goods, ie delivery drivers (for example Deliveroo drivers, DPD drivers, post men) have been convicted of sexual assault in the years:
- 2023 (to April 1)
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018
Q3. How many people whose profession was to deliver goods, ie delivery drivers (for example Deliveroo drivers, DPD drivers, post men) have been convicted of rape in the years:
- 2023 (to April 1)
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018
On 14th April 2023 you provided the following clarification:
I have been notified of an error in this FOI request.
Please could it be altered to say "the number of crimes and charges in relation to those crimes" rather than "the number of convictions"?
Please find the Warwickshire Police response set out below.
Response: Please be advised that the requested information is not centrally recorded and is therefore not held in a readily retrievable format. There are no markers or flags that can be selected when recording crimes that would allow for the identification and retrieval of offences involving delivery drivers or individuals delivering goods. Although there is an occupation field within the crime recording system, this is a drop-down field with limited choice, is not mandatory and is often not completed. Further, if the field has been completed it is not linked to an individual crime, but to an individual, and can be added to at any time. Previous information is kept on the record when new occupation details are added. Therefore, a search for individuals with a specific occupation type would return all records in relation to that individual, regardless of when the occupation was recorded or whether it had subsequently changed. Even if relevant occupations were returned in any given search, it would be necessary to determine, in each case, whether the occupation was relevant to the specific crime in question. For these reasons, the occupation field is not a reliable search option. Therefore, in order to determine a response to this request, it would be necessary to manually review each and every investigation for all relevant offences. The business area has advised that, for the requested period, there were 4,854 rape and sexual assault offences recorded, and, at a very conservative estimate of 4 minutes per investigation to review, this would equate to in excess of 323 hours of work. Therefore, searches would exceed 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. For Police forces in the UK, the "appropriate limit" is up to 18 hours of work on one request.
In accordance with section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, this letter acts as a Refusal Notice for this part of the request.
Under Section 16 of the Act, I have a duty to provide advice and assistance; however, given the amount of work involved, I am unable to suggest a way that you could reasonably pare down your request into one which could be handled within the time allowed. Please also note that there is no offence of ‘sexual harassment’.
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is as accurate as possible.
Your attention is drawn to the below which details your right of complaint.
Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write or email the Freedom of Information Unit quoting the reference number above.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Officer
Freedom of Information Unit
Warwickshire Police
PO Box 4
Leek Wootton
Warwickshire
CV35 7QB