Serving officers accused of alleged sexual harassment/assault from 2010 to 2021

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.22.022899

I note you seek access to the following information:

The number of serving police officers who were accused of sexual harassment in 2019, 2020 and 2021
The number of these officers who were suspended or fired each year
The number of these officers who still serve in the Met
Also:
The number of serving police officers who were accused of sexual assault in 2019, 2020 and 2021
The number of these officers who were suspended or fired each year
The number of these officers who still serve in the Met

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 40(2) – Personal Information

Reason for decision

Section 40(2)(3)&(4) – Personal Information - The Freedom of Information Act provides an exemption for Personal Data and this is known as the section 40 exemption.

Section 40 exemption applies to the breakdown by the type of sexual misconduct reported, namely, “…rape and sexual assault,...” This is because there are low numbers for some specific types of sexual offences and we therefore believe that this would lead to the identification of individuals.

Where the request is seeking access to third party personal data the section 40(2) exemption may be engaged.

Disclosure

The MPS has produced data around all FOI requests received recently around the number of cases involving police officer/staff sexual offence allegation.

The attached data does include answer to part of your request as well as additional data from other applicants on the same subject i.e. sexual offences.