Police call-outs to specific Hotels in the London area from November 2020 to October 2021

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.21.021890

I note you seek access to the following information:

1) How many times were police called to each of these hotels in each of the past 12 months:

• Holiday Inn Brent Cross - Tilling Rd, Brent Cross, London NW2 1LP
• Holiday Inn Earls Court - 295 North End Rd, London W14 9NS
• Whitechapel IBIS Budget - 100 Whitechapel Rd, London E1 1JG
• Best Western Peckham - 110 Peckham Rd, London SE15 5EU
• Best Western Wembley - 365 High Road, Wembley, London, HA9 6AY,
• England Eden Plaza Kensington - 68-69 Queen's Gate, South Kensington, London SW7 5JT
• Ambassadors Hotel Kensington - 16 Collingham Rd, London SW5 0LX
• Crowne Plaza Driscoll House - Driscoll House, 172 New Kent Rd, London SE1 4YT
• Continental Hounslow Central - 29-31 Lampton Rd, Hounslow TW3 1JAOYO
• Osterley Park Best Western Gatwick - 34 Bonehurst Road, Gatwick,
• England Stay Club Colindale - 16-18 Charcot Rd, London NW9 5WU
• Stay Club Camden - 34 Chalk Farm Rd, Chalk Farm, London NW1 8AJ
• Stay Club North Acton - 200 Western Ave, London W3 6FW
• Stay Club Kentish Town - 65-69 Holmes Rd, London NW5 3AN

2) Please provide a breakdown of the nature of the incidents in the hotel in the past 12 months, including incidents of hate crime and mental health related incidents.

3) Please provide a breakdown of the outcome of each incident for each hotel in each of the past 12 months.

4) Please provide a breakdown of how each of these incidents were graded for priority, as per your grading system.

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)(3)&(4) – Personal Information

Reason for decision

Before I explain reasons for the decisions that I have made in relation to your request, I thought that it would be helpful to outline the parameters set out by the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act), within which a request for information can be answered. The Act creates a statutory right of access to information held by public authorities. A public authority in respect of a request must, if permitted, state under Section 1(a) of the Act, whether it holds the requested information and, if held, then communicate that information to the applicant under Section 1(b) of the Act.

The right of access to information is not without exception and is subject to a number of exemptions which are designed to enable public authorities to withhold information that is unsuitable for release. Importantly, the Act is designed to place information into the public domain, that is, once access to information is granted to one person under the Act, it is then considered public information and must be communicated to any individual should a request be received.

I have today decided to disclose some of the requested information. The requested information related to:

1. The nature of the incident in the hotel
2. The outcome of each incident for each hotel
3. How each incidents were graded for priority

Has been withheld as it is exempt from disclosure by virtue of the following exemption:

Section 40(2)(3)&(4) – Personal Information - As any information that identifies an individual is 'personal information', as defined under the data protection act 1998.

It is very likely due to the scope of your request, individuals could be identified. It would be possible to use the specifics of this data to narrow down individuals.

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

In order to apply the Section 40(2) exemption, the disclosure of the requested information must satisfy either the first, second or third conditions as defined by subsections 3A, 3B and 4A of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (as amended by Section 58 of the Data Protection Act 2018).

The first condition ensures that the exemption would apply in circumstances where the disclosure of the information would breach any of the Data Protection Act 2018 principles.

There are six Data Protection principles set out in the 2018 Act and these can be found at section 34.

In this instance I have decided that the disclosure of the Personal Data would be incompatible with the first Data Protection principle which states that the processing (in this case the disclosure) of the data must be both lawful and fair.

If the MPS disclosed the information requested in points 1, 2 and 3 above, it would be possible for an individual to be identified as specified within the scope of your request. To disclose information which could cause harm to individuals cannot be allowed.

Disclosure

I have disclosed the following information.

Please find attached a spreadsheet in which the requested information below has been provided.

Q1 - How many times were police called to each of these hotels in each of the past 12 months:

IMPORTANT:
Please ensure that the note section within the spreadsheet is read in conjunction with the data in this report to ensure that it is interpreted correctly.