Stop and Search data from March 2020 to September 2022

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.23.029976

I note you seek access to the following information:

I am looking for data on 'Outcome linked to object of search' in Stop and Search data from the period March 2020 to September 2022 inclusive.

I have already accessed data both via the API and from direct download via the data.police website, but unfortunately the data from this specific column are all marked NA.

I found this unusual as this is not the case for any other police force area, so I hope you can help me with my request!

Clarification - (and as attached)

Thank you very much for your reply requesting more information.

I am working with Stop and Search incident data downloaded from data.police.uk/data. Each file contains data such as ’Type of search’, ‘Date of search’, ‘Gender of person searched’, ‘Ethnicity etc’. I have found that specifically with the Metropolitan Police files, data for ‘Outcome linked to object of search’ (True or False depending on whether the object searched for was found) is missing across all the months of data that are available.

Decision

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

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.