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:
For the time period from 2017/18 :
1. The number of coercive control offences recorded by your police force where the alleged victim was in the following age ranges:
a) 11-15
b) 16-24
2. The number of coercive control offences recorded by your police force where the alleged suspect was in the following age ranges:
a) 11-15
b) 16-24
3. Of these offences from q2, please provide a breakdown of outcomes (charged, cautioned, no further action etc)
4. The Home Office "Domestic Abuse -Statutory Guidance" July 2022 (p23), states: "In responding to cases of abuse involving those under 18, child safeguarding procedures should be followed."
Of cases of coercive control where both the victim and perpetrator are under 18 how many referrals were made by the police to children’s social services or a multi-agency forum?
In Response:
We have now had the opportunity to fully consider your request and I provide a response for your attention.
Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted with both the Safeguarding and Corporate Development Departments of Northumbria Police. I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by Northumbria Police.
I am able to disclose the located information to you as follows.
- The data below is as of 2 February 2023.
1.
|
Year |
11 to 15 |
16 to 24 |
|
2017/18 |
0 |
91 |
|
2018/19 |
1 |
146 |
|
2019/20 |
2 |
153 |
|
2020/21 |
0 |
139 |
|
2021/22 |
1 |
133 |
|
2022/23 |
0 |
97 |
2.
|
Year |
11 to 15 |
16 to 24 |
|
2017/18 |
0 |
9 |
|
2018/19 |
0 |
16 |
|
2019/20 |
0 |
21 |
|
2020/21 |
0 |
16 |
|
2021/22 |
0 |
12 |
|
2022/23 |
0 |
10 |
3.
|
Outcome |
2016/17 |
2017/18 |
2018/19 |
2019/20 |
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
2022/23 |
|
Caution adult |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Charge/Summons |
2 |
6 |
4 |
5 |
7 |
5 |
2 |
|
Evidential Difficulties |
1 |
3 |
7 |
13 |
7 |
3 |
5 |
|
Prosecution time limit expired |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Victim does not support police action |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
|
Total |
3 |
9 |
16 |
21 |
16 |
12 |
10 |
4.
|
Year |
Count |
|
2018 |
1 |
|
2020 |
1 |
|
2022 |
1 |
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when interpreting those data.
The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be taken into account when those data are used.
