Police deployments, arrests at parades and protests from April to July 2024
Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.24.039057
I note you seek access to the following information:
- How many Police were deployed on St. George's Day Parade in London Whitehall, 23 April 2024?
- How many Riot Police were deployed on St. George's Day Parade in London Whitehall, 23 April 2024?
- How many Police were deployed on Saturday 27 April 2024, for the 'Pro Palestinian Protest' when there were thousands of protesters?
- How many Riot Police were deployed on Saturday 27 April 2024 for the 'Pro Palestinian Protest' when there were thousands of protesters?
- How many arrests were made on Saturday 27 April 2024, of protesters from the 'Pro Palestinian
- Since 'Stop Oil' started their protests, how many arrests have been made to this present date 15 July 2024?
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 21(1) - Information Accessible to Applicant by Other Means
Reason for decision
I will disclose the answers to questions 1 – 4, and 6 under the section titled Disclosure.
I am pleased to inform you that the data in relation to question 5 is already in the public domain, via the Metropolitan Police website.
The information you seek can be accessed via the following link:
Website: Metropolitan Police website
In supplying this link for the requested data I have claimed a Section 21 exemption of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The information requested has been identified as being accessible via other means.
Section 21(1) - Information Accessible to Applicant by Other Means - The purpose of the section 21 exemption is to ensure that there is no right of access to information via FOIA if it is available to the applicant by another route. To claim this exemption the data must be reasonably accessible.
Disclosure
INFORMATION CAVEAT – Q1 & 2
Please note these figures relate to the “Proud to be British demonstration” which was held on 23 April 2024
Q1 - How many Police were deployed on St. George's Day Parade in London Whitehall, 23 April 2024?
588 officers deployed in total.
Q2 - How many Riot Police were deployed on St. George's Day Parade in London Whitehall, 23 April 2024?
588 officers deployed in total.
Q3 - How many Police were deployed on Saturday 27 April 2024, for the 'Pro Palestinian Protest' when there were thousands of protesters?
Total of 1344 police officers deployed including command teams.
Q4 - How many Riot Police were deployed on Saturday 27 April 2024 for the 'Pro Palestinian Protest' when there were thousands of protesters?
Of that total, 781 were deployed as level 1 or level 2 public order trained officers.
Q5 - How many arrests were made on Saturday 27 April 2024, of protesters from the 'Pro Palestinian
Please see the link above
Q6 - Since 'Stop Oil' started their protests, how many arrests have been made to this present date 15 July 2024?
The current Just Stop Oil(JSO) number for London is 1905. This includes a small number of arrests made by other forces (CoLP, Herts, Essex, Kent, TVP, Surrey) but taken on by the MPS as our investigation. The figure does not include arrests from associated groups such as Insulate Britain, Youth Demand and Defend Our Juries. JSO also have a large number of arrests OMPD which are not counted by us.