Information on the drug swabbing events in SE, AW, CE between 2018 and 2021

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.22.027596

I note you seek access to the following information:

I'm writing to ask that you please disclose to me, further to my previous requests 01/FOI/22/024020 and 01/FOI/22/026622 the ages, genders, and ethnicity of the 57 people arrested (for PWITS, public order, possession and handling stolen goods offences) during the 11 targeted drug swabbing events in SE, AW, CE between 2018 and 2021.

As you have previously been unable to provide the full lists of age, gender, and ethnicity for the 2454 people swabbed at these events because "this information was not provided to the unit at the time the information was recorded" I trust that reducing this number drastically to 2.3% of the previous figure will ensure that the time limit can be adhered to when approaching the forces for this information.

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

The information requested was not recorded by our team at the time of these operations.
However, various indices including IIP, CRIS, Crimint and NPSIS were searched and the attached information was collated.

This information is shown on the attached spreadsheet. There are approx. 10 records where we were unable to find the information requested.