Cost of Policing Insulate Britain Protests
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Publication Number
PUB 1316
FOI Reference Number
16228
Request Title
'Insulate Britain' Protests
Date Range
13th September to 10th October 2021
Information Requested
Please provide a full breakdown of how much responding to ‘Insulate Britain’ protests cost the force from 13th September to 10th October 2021.
Disclosure with Exemptions
Full Refusal with Section 12 and Section 17 Exemptions
Information Correct as at
N/A
Date of Disclosure
02 November 2021
Related Documents/Links
N/A
FOI 16228 Response
Having completed enquiries within Essex Police in respect of Section 1(1)(a), Essex Police does hold information relating to your request, however, the obligation of Section 1(1)(b) cannot be met as Essex Police does not hold all the information requested in a format that allows it to be retrieved within the time and cost limits of FOI.
When responding to a request for information under the terms of the FOIA, a public authority is not obliged to provide information if the authority estimates that the cost of the retrieval of the information requested would be in excess of £450 (equivalent to 18 hours work). The costs criteria relates to a request in its entirety, which means that if we cannot retrieve all of the information requested within the costs limit, we are not obliged to retrieve any of the information requested.
Section 12(1) of the FOIA states that a public authority is not obliged to:
“…comply with a request for information if the authority estimates that the cost of complying with the request would exceed the appropriate limit.”
The following explanation outlines the difficulty Essex Police has in answering your request:
I am afraid that the specific information regarding the cost to Essex Police with regards to responding to the Insulate Britain protests is not held by Essex Police in what is referred to as a readily accessible format as it is being carried out within normal policing duties and costs. Numerous personnel and departments are involved in day to day policing and to establish exact costings would require the individual scrutiny of each officer’s working day to establish the exact time spent on policing the protests and subsequently the cost of said time. Therefore, to calculate the total costs would exceed the time and cost limits under the FOIA and would qualify as the creation of data as the results cannot be processed by means of purely sorting or filtering data sources or running a database query tool. There is no requirement under the act to create data purely to answer FOI requests.
Consequently, and to this extent, Essex Police are exempt from the duty to provide information you have requested under the provisions of Section 12(1) of the FOIA. Therefore, and in accordance with Section 17(1) of the FOIA, this communication must act as a refusal notice to provide all of the information that could be interpreted as being captured by this part of your request.
Section 16(1) of the FOIA provides that a public authority is required to provide advice and assistance, Essex Police can confirm we could provide additional costs that we have incurred relating to overtime for Constables and Sergeants. However, this information is not currently available at this time as the overtime claims are still being processed. It should also be noted that Officers can claim at any time, even a year later. Having said that, the majority of claims should be in by the December payroll.
The intention of Section 16 is to provide assistance in resubmitting a valid request. Please note that any advice and assistance under Section 16 regarding resubmission of a request does not indicate that resubmission will provide a full disclosure, each submission will be assessed and if a disclosure is deemed harmful, then the appropriate exemptions will apply.
FOI Reference Number
16304
Request Title
Cost of Policing Insulate Britain Protests
Date Range
13th September to 13th October 2021
Information Requested
I would like a breakdown of the full costs to the force in responding to Insulate Britain protesters on each of the days below, please.
I would like to this to include, for example, the cost of overtime, specialist equipment, the cost of supplying vegan meals for the activists once in custody, and any others incurred by the force.
The dates of interest are as follows:
September 13
September 15
September 17
September 20
September 21
September 22
September 24
September 27
September 28
September 29
September 30
October 1
October 2
October 4
October 8
October 13
Disclosure with Exemptions
Full Refusal with Section 12 and Section 17 Exemptions
Information Correct as at
N/A
Date of Disclosure
15 November 2021
Related Documents/Links
N/A
FOI 16304 Response
Having completed enquiries within Essex Police in respect of Section 1(1)(a), Essex Police does hold information relating to your request, however, the obligation of Section 1(1)(b) cannot be met as Essex Police does not hold all the information requested in a format that allows it to be retrieved within the time and cost limits of FOI.
When responding to a request for information under the terms of the FOIA, a public authority is not obliged to provide information if the authority estimates that the cost of the retrieval of the information requested would be in excess of £450 (equivalent to 18 hours work). The costs criteria relates to a request in its entirety, which means that if we cannot retrieve all of the information requested within the costs limit, we are not obliged to retrieve any of the information requested.
Section 12(1) of the FOIA states that a public authority is not obliged to:
“…comply with a request for information if the authority estimates that the cost of complying with the request would exceed the appropriate limit.”
The following explanation outlines the difficulty Essex Police has in answering your request:
I am afraid that the specific information regarding the cost to Essex Police with regards to responding to the Insulate Britain protests is not held by Essex Police in what is referred to as a readily accessible format as it is being carried out within normal policing duties and costs. Numerous personnel and departments are involved in day to day policing and to establish exact costings would require the individual scrutiny of each officer’s working day to establish the exact time spent on policing the protests and subsequently the cost of said time. Therefore, to calculate the total costs would exceed the time and cost limits under the FOIA and would qualify as the creation of data as the results cannot be processed by means of purely sorting or filtering data sources or running a database query tool. There is no requirement under the act to create data purely to answer FOI requests.
Consequently, and to this extent, Essex Police are exempt from the duty to provide information you have requested under the provisions of Section 12(1) of the FOIA. Therefore, and in accordance with Section 17(1) of the FOIA, this communication must act as a refusal notice to provide all of the information that could be interpreted as being captured by this part of your request.
Section 16(1) of the FOIA provides that a public authority is required to provide advice and assistance, Essex Police can confirm we could provide additional costs that we have incurred relating to overtime for Constables and Sergeants. However, this information is not currently available at this time as the overtime claims are still being processed. It should also be noted that Officers can claim at any time, even a year later. Having said that, the majority of claims should be in by the December payroll.
The intention of Section 16 is to provide assistance in resubmitting a valid request. Please note that any advice and assistance under Section 16 regarding resubmission of a request does not indicate that resubmission will provide a full disclosure, each submission will be assessed and if a disclosure is deemed harmful, then the appropriate exemptions will apply.
FOI Reference Number
16417
Request Title
Cost of Policing Insulate Britain Protests
Date Range
13th September to 8th December 2021
Information Requested
1. The total cost to Essex Police of policing Insulate Britain protests from 13th September onwards.
2. The dates when this policing took place.
If it would not exceed the financial limit of FOI request work, please also provide:
3. The total number of officers and staff involved in policing the protests.
4. A breakdown of the total cost by:
a. The cost of police staff and officers.
b. The cost of deploying vehicles.
c. The cost of overtime.
d. Other costs.
Disclosure with Exemptions
Full Refusal with Section 12 and Section 17 Exemptions
Information Correct as at
N/A
Date of Disclosure
08 December 2021
Related Documents/Links
N/A
FOI 16417 Response
Having completed enquiries within Essex Police in respect of Section 1(1)(a), Essex Police does hold information relating to your request, however, the obligation of Section 1(1)(b) cannot be met as Essex Police does not hold all the information requested in a format that allows it to be retrieved within the time and cost limits of FOI.
When responding to a request for information under the terms of the FOIA, a public authority is not obliged to provide information if the authority estimates that the cost of the retrieval of the information requested would be in excess of £450 (equivalent to 18 hours work). The costs criteria relates to a request in its entirety, which means that if we cannot retrieve all of the information requested within the costs limit, we are not obliged to retrieve any of the information requested.
Section 12(1) of the FOIA states that a public authority is not obliged to:
“…comply with a request for information if the authority estimates that the cost of complying with the request would exceed the appropriate limit.”
The following explanation outlines the difficulty Essex Police has in answering your request:
I am afraid that the specific information regarding the cost to Essex Police with regards to responding to the Insulate Britain protests is not held by Essex Police in what is referred to as a readily accessible format as it is being carried out within normal policing duties and costs. Numerous personnel and departments are involved in day to day policing and to establish exact costings would require the individual scrutiny of each officers working day to establish the exact time spent on policing the protests and subsequently the cost of said time. Therefore, to calculate the total costs would exceed the time and cost limits under the FOIA and would qualify as the creation of data as the results cannot be processed by means of purely sorting or filtering data sources or running a database query tool. There is no requirement under the act to create data purely to answer FOI requests.
Consequently, and to this extent, Essex Police are exempt from the duty to provide information you have requested under the provisions of Section 12(1) of the FOIA. Therefore, and in accordance with Section 17(1) of the FOIA, this communication must act as a refusal notice to provide all of the information that could be interpreted as being captured by this part of your request.
Section 16(1) of the FOIA provides that a public authority is required to provide advice and assistance, Essex Police can confirm we could provide additional costs that we have incurred relating to overtime for Constables and Sergeants. However, this information is not currently available at this time as the overtime claims are still being processed. It should also be noted that Officers can claim at any time, even a year later. Having said that, the majority of claims should be in by the December payroll.
The intention of Section 16 is to provide assistance in resubmitting a valid request. Please note that any advice and assistance under Section 16 regarding resubmission of a request does not indicate that resubmission will provide a full disclosure, each submission will be assessed and if a disclosure is deemed harmful, then the appropriate exemptions will apply.
FOI Reference Number
16485
Request Title
Cost of Policing Insulate Britain Protests
Date Range
13th September to 30th November 2021
Information Requested
Please provide a full breakdown of how much responding to ‘Insulate Britain’ protests cost the force from 13th September to 30th November 2021.
Disclosure with Exemptions
Full Refusal with Section 12 and Section 17 Exemptions
Information Correct as at
N/A
Date of Disclosure
10 December 2021
Related Documents/Links
N/A
FOI 16485 Response
Having completed enquiries within Essex Police in respect of Section 1(1)(a), Essex Police does hold information relating to your request, however, the obligation of Section 1(1)(b) cannot be met as Essex Police does not hold all the information requested in a format that allows it to be retrieved within the time and cost limits of FOI.
When responding to a request for information under the terms of the FOIA, a public authority is not obliged to provide information if the authority estimates that the cost of the retrieval of the information requested would be in excess of £450 (equivalent to 18 hours work). The costs criteria relates to a request in its entirety, which means that if we cannot retrieve all of the information requested within the costs limit, we are not obliged to retrieve any of the information requested.
Section 12(1) of the FOIA states that a public authority is not obliged to:
“…comply with a request for information if the authority estimates that the cost of complying with the request would exceed the appropriate limit.”
The following explanation outlines the difficulty Essex Police has in answering your request:
I am afraid that the specific information regarding the cost to Essex Police with regards to responding to the Insulate Britain protests is not held by Essex Police in what is referred to as a readily accessible format as it is being carried out within normal policing duties and costs. Numerous personnel and departments are involved in day to day policing and to establish exact costings would require the individual scrutiny of each officers working day to establish the exact time spent on policing the protests and subsequently the cost of said time. Therefore, to calculate the total costs would exceed the time and cost limits under the FOIA and would qualify as the creation of data as the results cannot be processed by means of purely sorting or filtering data sources or running a database query tool. There is no requirement under the act to create data purely to answer FOI requests.
Consequently, and to this extent, Essex Police are exempt from the duty to provide information you have requested under the provisions of Section 12(1) of the FOIA. Therefore, and in accordance with Section 17(1) of the FOIA, this communication must act as a refusal notice to provide all of the information that could be interpreted as being captured by this part of your request.
Section 16(1) of the FOIA provides that a public authority is required to provide advice and assistance, Essex Police can confirm we could provide additional costs that we have incurred relating to overtime for Constables and Sergeants. However, this information is not currently available at this time as the overtime claims are still being processed. It should also be noted that Officers can claim at any time, even a year later. Having said that, the majority of claims should be in by the December payroll.
The intention of Section 16 is to provide assistance in resubmitting a valid request. Please note that any advice and assistance under Section 16 regarding resubmission of a request does not indicate that resubmission will provide a full disclosure, each submission will be assessed and if a disclosure is deemed harmful, then the appropriate exemptions will apply.