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.Please can I request the number of offenders aged 18 and under investigated for sending revenge porn between the following dates:
January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019
January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018
January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017
2.Please can I also ask how old the children were in each case and
3. how many of those accused of revenge porn crimes had further action taken against them?
In Response:
Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted with the Corporate Development Department 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.
To note, these figures will not be broken down further as exemptions will be considered and applied.
1.
2017 – 2
2018 – 2
2019 – 2
2.
1 X 16 year old
5 X 18 year old
3. Two