Drug Testing on Arrest - 2019 to 2021

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Keywords

Drug, Testing, Arrest, Positive, Types, Offence, Arrested, Breakdown, Ethnicity, Received, Tested, Unavailable.

Publication Number

PUB 1342

FOI Reference Number

16472

Request Title

Drug Testing on Arrest

Date Range

2019 to 2021

Information Requested

Please provide the following information about drug testing on arrest (as it pertains to Essex Police) which I understand has been used by many police forces in England and Wales - https://www.gov.uk/government/news/drug-testing-on-arrest-expanded-to-help-cut-crime:

1) For calendar year 2019 - how many people received drug testing on arrest? Please specify how many tested positive; specify type(s) of drug; type of offence for which they were arrested; provide a breakdown of data by ethnicity for those who received drug testing on arrest (confirm if this data is held by Essex Police)

2) For calendar year 2020 - how many people received drug testing on arrest? Please specify how many tested positive; specify type(s) of drug; type of offence for which they were arrested; provide a breakdown of data by ethnicity for those who received drug testing on arrest (confirm if this data is held by Essex Police)

3) In 2021 so far (point at which request is processed) - how many people have received drug testing on arrest? Please specify how many tested positive; specify type(s) of drug; type of offence for which they were arrested; provide a breakdown of data by ethnicity for those who received drug testing on arrest (confirm if this data is held by Essex Police)

Disclosure with Exemptions

No Information Held

Information Correct as at

N/A

Date of Disclosure

15 December 2021

FOI 16456 Response

Having completed enquiries within Essex Police in respect of Section 1(1)(a), Essex Police does not hold information relating to your request.

To provide some explanation and to meet our duty to assist under Section 16 of the FOIA, Essex Police can advise:

Essex Police have not done Drug Testing on Arrest since early 2019 and data is unavailable for that period.

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