FOI Victims Right to Review (1249-2023/24)

Request

The information concerns the victims right to review (VRR) scheme which gives victims the right to ask for a review of a police decision not to charge a suspect (For clarity this is the police VRR scheme as per the link below).
 
Information I am requesting
 
Q1. How many victims have made a request to your force to apply the victims right to review scheme after they've reported a crime
a) since the start of the scheme
b) in the last 5 years.
 
Q2. How many of those requests under have been granted
a) since the start of the scheme
b) in the last 5 years.

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.

Q1a. 327 since our records in relation to the Victims Right to Review began on 15/11/2016

Q1b. 247 from 01/02/2019 to 31/01/2024

Q2. A VRR request is not granted – it either qualifies or it does not.

Q2a. 98 did not qualify

75 had the original NFA upheld

19 required further information to be provided (decision unknown)

73 had the original NFA overturned

62 decisions unrecorded

Q2b. 70 did not qualify

92 had the original NFA upheld

18 required further information to be provided (decision unknown)

67 had the original NFA overturned

Please note that this data has been collated manually over the last 8 years by a number of different Officers and as such the terminology and recording practices have varied. Data is only recorded for management purposes and is not statistically robust and would require a full review (which would take in excess of 18 hours) to ensure every outcome was recorded against the same criteria.

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.