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FOI Reference: 985/2024
Request:
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from Dyfed-Powys Police. Please may you provide me with:
If possible, please specify what vehicle or machinery was stolen, within the last five years (calendar years are fine).
That information would be appreciated if you could break the data down by region/ city.
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Response:
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 Dyfed 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.
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information you have requested. However, we are withholding the whole of the requested information since we consider that the Section 12(1) exemption the Cost of Compliance exceeds the Appropriate Limit applies to it.
Section 12 (1) – The cost of compliance exceeds the Appropriate Limit
Section 12(1) states: “…Section 1 (1) does not oblige a public authority to comply with a request for information if the authority estimates that the cost of complying with the request would exceed the appropriate limit.”
The cost of providing you with the information requested in respect of your request is above the amount to which we are legally required to respond i.e. the cost of locating and retrieving the information exceeds the “appropriate level” as stated in the Freedom of Information (Fees and Appropriate Limit) Regulations 2004. It is estimated that it would exceed 18 hours (i.e. minimum of 686 hours) to comply with this part of your request. The regulations can be located @ https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/3244
The Freedom of Information department has been advised that the information in respect of
of your request is not held in an easily retrievable format. In light of this and in order to accurately obtain the information relative to your request for the time frame stipulated would involve Dyfed Powys Police accessing and reviewing 4120 records, in order to ascertain what was taken and from what area we would need to check each incident, as there is not a specific category to search for vehicles/machinery.
It has also been established that it would take a minimum of 10 minutes to review and obtain the information for a single record in respect of your request (as outlined above).
The process outlined results in the below time estimate.
Recorded Theft incident:
2019 = 5959 incidents
2020 = 4357 incidents
2021 = 4322 incidents
2022 = 5041 incidents
2023 = 5342 incidents
2024 to 30/09/2024 = 4120 incidents
2019 = 5959 x 10 mins = 993 hours
2020 = 4357 x 10 mins = 726 hours
2021 = 4322 x 10 mins = 720 hours
2022 = 5041 x 10 mins = 840 hours
2023 = 5342 x 10 mins = 890 hours
2024 to end Sep = 4120 x 10 mins = 686 hours
Time estimate to complete task = 686 hours
In accordance therefore with the Freedom of Information Act 2000, this letter acts as a Refusal Notice for the Whole of this request under Section 17(5) A public authority which, in relation to any request for information, is relying on a claim that section 12 or section 14 applies must, within the time for complying with section 1(1), give the applicant a notice stating that fact.
You may wish to refine and resubmit your request so that it reduces the time shown above to fall within the 18 hours, should you require any further advice in relation to this matter please don’t hesitate to contact the Freedom of Information Unit. Please also be advised that should the request be refined, it does not remove the public authorities right to cite exemptions if relevant.
(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 24/10/2024)