FOI 1027-2024/25- Section 27 charges

Request:

Q1. The number and outcome of charges made by your police force under Section 127 of the Communications Act 2003, for each of the calendar and/or financial years - where available - since the aforementioned act came into force.

Q2. The number of allegations made to your police force related to Section 127 of the Communications Act 2003, for each of the calendar years and/or financial years - where available - since the aforementioned act came into force.

Response: 

Extent and Result of Searches to Locate Information

To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted within North Yorkshire Police.

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the following information to you.

Q1.  Please see the table below showing the number of charged outcomes made under Section 127 of the Communications Act 2003 between 2008 to 2025, broken down by financial years.

Q2. Please see the table below showing the number of allegations made under Section 127 of the Communications Act 2003 between 2008 to 2025, broken down by financial years.

Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data.  It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.