Data 2013 to 2022 – Compensation Unlawful Arrest & Behaviour & Nos on Barred List

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) places two duties on public authorities:    

Unless exemptions apply, the first duty (at Section 1(1)(a) is to confirm or deny whether the information specified in a request is held.   

The second duty (at Section 1(1)(b) is to disclose information that has been confirmed as being held.    

However, where exemptions are relied upon (Section 17 of FOIA), there is a requirement to provide the applicant with an explanation either:  

1. a) stating the fact 
2. b) detailing the exemption(s) in question and
3. c) why the exemption applies (if not apparent).

   

Information Request - which has been numbered to assist in this disclosure:

1. How many people have received compensation and the average compensation paid to them for the unlawful arrests and behaviour of police officers for each calendar years (2013 to 2022)

2. How many police officers and police staff members are on the police barred list having been dismissed or would have been dismissed from police service for each calendar years (2013 to 2022)

 

FOI Duty  

First Duty – Essex Police does hold information relating to all your request.   

Second Duty – See below 

Fact – See below 

Exemption – Not applicable 

 

Essex Police can report as follows:

Caveat: The data and statements are correct as at 28 February 2023

 

Question 1:

Year	No of Claims	Total Paid (£)	Average (£)
2013	11	76,675.00	6,970.45
2014	9	62,680.68	6,964.52
2015	18	193,922.38	10,773.47
2016	11	261,725.62	23,793.24
2017	20	169,090.00	8,454.50
2018	10	58,625.00	5,862.50
2019	17	162,345.32	9,549.72
2020	10	50,100.00	5,010.00
2021	11	66,725.00	6,065.91
2022	9	35,682.00	3,964.67

The average has been calculated by dividing the Total Paid by the Number of Claims.

 

Question 2:

Essex Police can confirm that the barred list only came into effect in 2017, therefore there is no data from 2013.

The barred list can be viewed publicly here - Latest police barred list released | College of Policing – this is updated/published every year (last update was March 2022).

However, individuals can be searched on the barred list here - Search the barred list | College of Policing.

All officers/staff on the barred list are those who have been dismissed/would have been dismissed if they had not already resigned/retired.

 

Every effort is made to ensure that the data provided by Essex Police is accurate and complete. However, Essex Police systems are designed primarily for the management of individual cases and not for the purposes of providing data to answer specific FOI enquiries. Please note although data can be extracted from a number of sources via database queries, the results may be subject to inaccuracies. Care should be taken to understand our return when considering the interpretation or further use of the data.