FOI 0832-2024/25- Palestine Action

Request:

This is an information request relating to the costs associated with policing the direct action group, Palestine Action.

Q1. Please provide the following cost information in relation to any direct actions organised by Palestine Action that have been held between 30 July 2020 and the present day in your force area:

• Opportunity cost
• Overtime
• Internal fleet
• External fleet hire
• Hotels
• Catering
• Infrastructure

By direct actions, this can include – but is not limited to – the following:

• Criminal damages done to commercial, residential and government property, such as spray painting, damaging/breaking windows, or destroying property, plant and equipment;
• Threatening or harassing staff members of companies and public bodies targeted by Palestine Action;
• Occupation of commercial, residential and government property;
• Aggravated trespass of commercial, residential and government property.

I am explicitly not asking about any protests that have been organised (and which I have separately asked for in an information request sent in November). 

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 following information to you.

Q1. Nil response. North Yorkshire Police is not aware of any organised protests by Palestine Action within the North Yorkshire area during the timeframe specified.

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.