FOI Hate Crime Mapping (0352-2022/23)
Request
We want to explore how the UK hate crime sector has changed over the last five years.
Q1. Is hate crime included in the police service’s current policing plan?
Q2. Does the police service have a separate hate crime plan/strategy?
Q3. Does the police service have a designated hate crime lead?
Q4. Does the police service facilitate or take part in any hate crime forums?
Q5. Does the police service have a designated hate crime information page on its website?
Q6. Does the police service have access to hate crime resources?
Q7. Does the police service refer victims of hate crime to independent advice and support services?
(if yes, which services?)
Q8. Is the police service planning to participate in National Hate Crime Awareness Week 2022
Q9. Has the police service participated in pervious National Hate Crime Awareness weeks?
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.
Please note all answers are specific to North Yorkshire Police
Q1. Is hate crime included in the police service’s current policing plan?
The information you have requested in respect of this question is published online and freely accessible by the general public. It can be located using the following link.
I have therefore decided to exempt providing you with a response to question 1 pursuant to Section 21 Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act).
Pursuant to Section 17(1) of the Act this letter acts as a Refusal Notice in response to your request.See the Exemptions Explanations at the end of this letter for a full explanation of the ecemptions applied.
Q2. Does the police service have a separate hate crime plan/strategy?
The information you have requested in respect of this question is published online and freely accessible by the general public. It can be located using the following link.
I have therefore decided to exempt providing you with a response to question 1 pursuant to Section 21 Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act).
Pursuant to Section 17(1) of the Act this letter acts as a Refusal Notice in response to your request.See the Exemptions Explanations at the end of this letter for a full explanation of the ecemptions applied.
Q3. Does the police service have a designated hate crime lead?
Yes – Inspector BARF. Contact via 101 system.
Q4. Does the police service facilitate or take part in any hate crime forums? Please List
NYP host quarterly IAG (Independent Advisory Group Meetings) where quarterly hate crime statistics, trends, concerns, news etc are discussed.Q5. Does the police service have a designated hate crime information page on its website?
The information you have requested in respect of this question is published online and freely accessible by the general public. It can be located using the following link.
Hate crime | North Yorkshire Police
I have therefore decided to exempt providing you with a response to question 1 pursuant to Section 21 Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act).
Pursuant to Section 17(1) of the Act this letter acts as a Refusal Notice in response to your request.See the Exemptions Explanations at the end of this letter for a full explanation of the ecemptions applied.
Q6. Does the police service have access to hate crime resources?
Yes, we have literature including posters and leaflets (translated into many different languages). We do not have pens, posters, t-shirts etc.
Q7. Does the police service refer victims of hate crime to independent advice and support services?
(if yes, which services?)
Yes – as well as referrals to Supporting Victims, we also signpost to GALOP, TELL MAMA, CST.
Q8. Is the police service planning to participate in National Hate Crime Awareness Week 2022
Yes, we are working collaboratively with North Yorkshire Council, City of York Council and Universities. We will be promoting Hate Crime awareness and providing training inputs.
Q9. Has the police service participated in pervious National Hate Crime Awareness weeks?
Yes in 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021
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.
Exemption Explanations.
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
This exemption applies as the requested information has been deemed already reasonably accessible by other means.
Section 21(1) is an absolute class-based exemption. This means that if the requested information is held by the public authority, and it is reasonably accessible to the applicant by other means, it is not subject to the public interest test.