FOI 0723-2023/24 - Operational police stations
Request:
Q1. The number of police stations that were operational in each of the years a) 2015, b) 2016, c) 2017, d) 2018, e) 2019, f) 2020, g) 2021, h) 2022, i) 2023
Q2. Of the police stations that are no longer operational and that your force has closed down
a) Why were they closed (eg. financial issues, no longer deemed necessary) for each of the years b) 2015, c) 2016, d) 2017, e) 2018, f) 2019, g) 2020, h) 2021, i) 2022, j) 2023
Response:
Extent and Result of Searches to Locate Information
To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted within North Yorkshire Police. I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by North Yorkshire Police.
Decision
I have today decided to disclose the located information to you.
Q1. Please see the table below for the number of North Yorkshire Police stations that were operational between the years 2015 to 2023, broken down by year.
|
Year |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
Total |
34 |
34 |
34 |
33 |
33 |
31 |
32 |
32 |
30 |
Q2. North Yorkshire Police have closed 4 police stations since 2015.
Q2a. Decisions to open, close or relocate police stations have all been subject to PFCC Decision Notices, which are publicly available through the PFCC’s website. The information you have requested is published on the North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner website under the following link
I have therefore decided to exempt providing you with a response (to question 2a) pursuant to Section 21 Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act).
Section 17 of the Act requires North Yorkshire Police, when refusing to provide such information (because the information is exempt) to provide you the applicant with a notice which: (a) states that fact, (b) specifies the exemption in question and (c) states (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption applies.
Section 21 – Information Reasonably Accessible by Other Means
Section 21 is an absolute class-based exemption and I am not required to consider the harm or public interest when applying this exemption.
Pursuant to Section 17(1) of the Act this letter acts as a Refusal Notice in response to your request.
Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.