FOI 551-2025 / May 2025 / Protest costs
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 551-2025
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 19th May 2025 as follows:
The amount of money Warwickshire Police spent on policing pro-Palestine protests in the last financial year (6 April 2024 to 5 April 2025).
The amount of money Warwickshire Police spent on policing pro-Palestine protests in the financial year before last (6 April 2023 to 5 April 2024).
Please find the Warwickshire Police response set out below.
Response: Please be advised that where the policing of protests is undertaken as part of an officer’s normal duties, we are not required to track the cost separately. However, if a unique Operation name is assigned to the policing activity, costs can usually be tracked. Therefore, for any protest activity that required policing within the specified periods, which came under normal officer duties, our response is no information held. I can advise that the total cost of ‘Operation Convinces’, which relates to a pro Palestine march that took place in Nuneaton on 18th November 2023 was £5,387.68.
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is as accurate as possible.
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Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Officer
Freedom of Information Unit
Warwickshire Police
PO Box 4
Leek Wootton
Warwickshire
CV35 7QB