Staff numbers, fraud desk staff/officers & fraud from January 2017 to October 2022

 

I note you seek access to the following information:

 

Update to request received 10/11/2022 - 

Just a quick follow up to this. There has been some confusion around Question 3. Just to clarify, with this question I was interested in the number of fraud cases which your police force would be expected to investigate, as opposed to all cases reported to you. I should have worded it like so:

 

3. The number of fraud cases referred to your police force for which you would be expected to investigate (either from the public or passed on by a fraud agency such as Action Fraud, CIFAS or NFIB), for each of the past 5 years (2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017).

 

Initial request -

1. Your total staff numbers, broken down by officers and non-officers.

2. The number of police officers/staff assigned to your fraud desk. If possible can you please break this down by the number of police officers vs regular staff, and full time vs part time workers on the fraud desk.

3. The number of fraud offences reported to your police force (either by the public or passed on by a fraud agency such as Action Fraud, CIFAS or NFIB), for each of the past 5 years (2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017).

4. The number of these fraud cases in each year which were investigated by a police officer.

5. The number of these fraud cases in each year "solved" (i.e. a suspect was charged, cautioned or had an out of court penalty).

6. The average time between a fraud case getting reported and the force investigating it, for each of the past 5 years (2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017).

 

I appreciate that cases may not be investigated/solved in the same year that they were reported to your force.

 

If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please exclude question 6. 

 

If it still exceeds the cost, then for question 2, please just send me the overall number officers and staff assigned to your fraud desk.

 

If it still exceeds the cost, then please exclude question 5.

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

 

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

 

 

 

Q2 - The number of police officers/staff assigned to your fraud desk. If possible can you please break this down by the number of police officers vs regular staff, and full time vs part time workers on the fraud desk.

	FT	PT	Total
Police Officer	227	18	245
Staff	33	4	37
Specials	13		13
Total	273	22	295

 

 

 

Please find attached information pursuant to your request above.

 

To answer this question would exceed the cost threshold. In line with your suggestion I have therefore excluded this question.