Banning orders - 639/19

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:

I would like to ask your force about how Football Banning Orders have been implemented in the past three years, specifically:

1. How old is the youngest person to receive a Football Banning Order in the last three years? With what team are they associated?
2. How many under 18s in your force area have received a Football Banning Order in the last three years? With what team are they associated?
3. How old is the oldest person to receive a Football Banning Order in the last three years? With what football team are they associated?
4. How many over 50s in your force area have received a Football Banning Order in the last three years? With what football team are they associated?

 

In Response:

I am able to disclose the located information to you as follows.

The following caveat should be noted;

We can say at which match and which part of the ground ( ie home or away ) the subject of the banning order was made, but we cannot say with certainty which club they are a fan of or associated to.

If you decide to write an article / use the enclosed data we would expect that you to take into consideration the factors highlighted above so as not to mislead members of the public or official bodies or misrepresent the relevance of the whole or any part of this disclosed material.

1. Born: 2001
2. 1 - NUFC
3. 58 - SAFC
4. 7 - SAFC