DrugWipe and Drage Products Purchased and Costs - 1739/21

Date Responded 31 December 2021

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 of DrugWipe products purchased and total spend incurred for these products by Northumbria Police during:

a. 2018

b. 2019

c. 2020

d. 2021 (as far as data is currently available)

2. The number of Drager products purchased and total spend incurred for these products by Northumbria Police during:

a. 2018

b. 2019

c. 2020

d. 2021 (as far as data is currently available)

In Response:

Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted with the Procurement 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.

1a) 2018 – Purchased 2,175 wipes – Total spend £27,742.80

1b) 2019 – Purchased 575 Wipes – Total spend £12,360.30

1c) 2020 – Purchased 1,250 wipes – Total spend £20,605.60

1d) 2021 (as far as data is currently available) – Purchased 200 wipes – total spend £4,024.80

2a) 2018 – No Drager products were purchased

2b) 2019 – 228 Dragers purchased – Total spend £41,280

2c) 2020 – 3 Dragers purchased – Total spend £758.10

2d) 2021 (as far as data is currently available) – nothing purchased so far.

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.