Missing person policy 442/2022
FOI Reference: 442/2022
Request:
- What is your policy on adult missing persons?
- And what is the policy regarding long term missing adults?
Clarification: Does Dyfed-Powys have a specific procedure in place when dealing with a missing adult case and subsequently long term missing adults
Response 1:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold part of the information requested; however the following exemption has been applied to part of 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 missing persons policy due to the fact that the requested information is published and can be accessed via the following hyperlink -
missing-person-policy (dyfed-powys.police.uk)
Response 2:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined here.