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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: FOI-54-2024
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 11th January 2024 as follows:
- Please provide the figures for the following calendar years: 2023, 2022, 2021. For example, in 2021, 12 individuals were placed in custody under section 136
- Please provide the figures for the following calendar years: 2023, 2022, 2021.
- For example, in 2021, 12 individuals were placed in custody under section 136. 10 individuals had an ethnic appearance of white British, 1 self defined as Black British etc
Please note: if for data protection reasons you are unable to provide the figures broken down by year, please collate the figures over the three year period.
If you believe the contents of any such files are exempt from disclosure, please provide summaries of any such exempt files.
Please find the Warwickshire Police response set out below.
Q1 response: During the period 2021 to 2023 no individual was placed in police custody following being detained under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983.
Q2 response: Not applicable
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