Racial discrimination claims - 137/20

Date Responded 05 February 2020

Provision of information held by Northumbria Police made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the 'Act')

As you may be aware the purpose of the Act is to allow a general right of access to information held at the time of a request, by a Public Authority (including the Police), subject to certain limitations and exemptions.

You asked:

1) The number racial discrimination claims made against your police force by current or ex staff members in the year 2018 & 2019.

2) The number of successful claims of racial discrimination claims against your police force in 2018 & 2019.

3) A breakdown of compensation given to successful claimants of racial discrimination against your police force in 2018 & 2019.

After we sought clarity you stated that by ‘staff’ you actually meant both police officers and staff.

In Response:

Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted with the Legal Department of Northumbria Police. I can confirm that the information you have requested is not held by Northumbria Police. There have been no such claims that meet the criteria of this submission.

Disclaimer

Due to the different methods of recording information across 43 forces, a specific response from one constabulary should not be seen as an indication of what information could be supplied (within cost) by another. Systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. For this reason responses between forces may differ, and should not be used for comparative purposes.

The information we have supplied to you is likely to contain intellectual property rights of Northumbria Police. Your use of the information must be strictly in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended) or such other applicable legislation. In particular, you must not re-use this information for any commercial purpose.