Sex offenders 299/2025

FOI Reference: 299/25

Request:

For the period 30th September 2023 to  30 September  2024, please provide the following information:

1. How many sex offenders were managed by your force under MAPPA during this period?
2. How many of these were classified as high risk?
3. How many sex offenders currently managed under MAPPA by your force are recorded as missing?
4. How many risk-managed sex offenders notified your force of a name change during this period?

Response 1:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested; however the following exemption has been applied to that information:

Section 21 – Information reasonably accessible by other means

Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 places two duties on public authorities. Unless exemptions apply, the first duty at Section 1(1)(a) is to confirm or deny whether the information specified in a request is held. The second duty at Section 1(1)(b) is to disclose information that has been confirmed as being held.

Where exemptions are relied upon Section 17 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 requires -Powys Police, when refusing to provide such information (because the information is exempt) to provide you the applicant with a notice which:

(a) states that fact,

(b) specifies the exemption in question and

(c) states (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption applies.

The above exemption has been applied in relation to the whole request, due to the fact that the requested information is published and can be accessed via the following hyperlink:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6720fd593aa14203d06ef415/Dyfed_Powys_MAPPA_Annual_Report_2023-2024_English.pdf

Response 2:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

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Response 3:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

2

Response 4:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

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It should be noted that as a result of the systems adopted by Dyfed-Powys Police in relation to the recording of such information that the information released may or may not be accurate.

Furthermore, it should also be noted that Police forces in the United Kingdom are routinely required to provide crime statistics to government bodies and the recording criteria is set nationally. However, the systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the crime data. It should be noted that for these reasons this force's response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other response you may receive.

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 24/03/2025)