Officer injuries & officer attendance at Notting Hill Carnival 2022

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.22.026308

I note you seek access to the following information:

REQUEST 1:
The total number of injuries sustained by Metropolitan Police Officers attending the Notting Hill Carnival 2022 - between the dates of Saturday 27 August to Monday 29 August.

REQUEST 2:
The nature of injuries sustained by Metropolitan Police Officers attending the Notting Hill Carnival 2022 - between the dates of Saturday 27 August to Monday 29 August.

REQUEST 3:
The total number of Metropolitan Police officers who attended the Notting Hill Carnival 2022 - between the dates of Saturday 27 August to Monday 29 August.

Decision

I have today decided to disclose some of the requested information. Some data has been withheld as it is exempt from disclosure and therefore this response serves as a Refusal Notice under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act) by virtue of the following exemptions:

Section 22(1)(a)(b)(c) - Information intended for future publication

Reason for decision

REQUEST 3:
The total number of Metropolitan Police officers who attended the Notting Hill Carnival 2022 - between the dates of Saturday 27 August to Monday 29 August.

The total number of Metropolitan Police officers who attended the Notting Hill Carnival 2022 is intended for publication in December 2022.

Section 22(1)(a)(b)(c) - Information intended for future publication - Early disclosure of information sharing agreements may lead to additional public funds needing to be spent to disclose information already intended for future publication.

The strongest reason favouring disclosure is the public interest in understanding and having insight of how the MPS manages resources. The strongest reason favouring non-disclosure is the need to ensure disclosure does not lead to inaccurate information being disclosed or an unnecessary increase in public funds needing to be spent to comply with this request in full when the information is already intended for future publication.

On weighing up the competing interest, the MPS finds the public interest favours non-disclosure of The total cost of the policing operation at Notting Hill Carnival for each of the following year: 2022 at this time as the MPS already intend to publish the information.

Disclosure

REQUEST 1:
The total number of injuries sustained by Metropolitan Police Officers attending the Notting Hill Carnival 2022 - between the dates of Saturday, 27 August to Monday, 29 August.

REQUEST 2:
The nature of injuries sustained by Metropolitan Police Officers attending the Notting Hill Carnival 2022 - between the dates of Saturday, 27 August to Monday, 29 August.

Some officers who were assaulted may not have had lasting injuries and therefore would not be included in the data table attached. Some Officers will have been pushed or had other force used against them but had no injury. There were also some double counts within the initial data, this accounts for the difference in figures stated in the MPS news item.

Having reviewed the carnival information, it is recorded that although 74 officers were injured and assaulted during the Notting Hill Policing Operation, some of these assaults did not result in injury. Injuries to 60 officers are recorded on the corporate injury recording system as being sustained during the policing of Notting Hill Carnival. The nature of these injuries is outlined in the table below. The table also includes injuries sustained at the carnival on Monday August 29 2022.

Please see the attached a spreadsheet, pursuant to your request for information.