Vagrancy act incidents 907/2022
FOI Reference: 907/2022
Request:
I would like to request the information in questions 1-3 for the annual data for 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 (if possible).
Within your local authority, how many under 18s:
- Were moved on from an area under the Vagrancy Act
- Were convicted under the Vagrancy Act
- Were arrested under the Vagrancy Act
Clarification:
Clarification was sought with the applicant in respect of question 1 as it is unlikely that we would hold any information in respect of this. As a consequence of this the applicant confirmed that they were happy to receive a response in relation to questions 2 and 3 as there would be no information held in respect of question 1.
Response 2 &3:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, the details of which are as follows:
|
Year |
No. under 18’s convicted under the Vagrancy act |
No. under 18’s arrested under the Vagrancy act |
|
2017 |
0 |
0 |
|
2018 |
0 |
0 |
|
2019 |
0 |
0 |
|
2020 |
0 |
0 |
|
2021 |
0 |
0 |
|
2022 |
0 |
0 |
It should be noted that owing to the systems adopted by Dyfed-Powys Police in relation to the recording of such matters the information provided may or may not be accurate.
Police Forces in the United Kingdom are routinely required to provide crime statistics to government bodies and the recoding criteria is set nationally. However, the systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the 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 02/05/23)