FOI Warrant Numbers (0572-2022/23)

Request

"By each calendar year I mean 1 Jan to 31 Dec. For 2022 please give data from 1 Jan up to 31 Sep inclusive.

If you can only answer a few of these questions without going over the cost limit, please prioritise in the following order: Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4, Q5 and omit whatever would take you over the limit.

1. The number of times your force has executed a search warrant in each calendar year since 2017 on known or suspected brothels

2. The number of prostitute’s cautions your force has issued in each calendar year since 2017

(The definition of prostitute’s caution is outlined here: https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/prostitution-and-exploitation-prostitution - please search non-statutory ‘prostitute’s caution’ on the page and you'll see it)

3. The number of cautions (as a judicial disposal, by which I just mean excluding prostitute's cautions) your force has issued in each calendar year since 2017 to anyone suspected of the following offences:

• Causing or inciting prostitution for gain (Sexual Offences Act 2003 Sec 52)
• Controlling prostitution for gain (Sexual Offences Act 2003 Sec 53)
• Keeping a brothel used for prostitution (Sexual Offences Act 1956 Sec 33A as added by Sexual Offences Act 2003 Sec 55)
• Persistently loitering or soliting in a street or public place for the purposes of offering services as a prostitute (Street Offences Act 1959 Sec 1(1) as amended by Policing and Crime Act 2009 sec 16)
• Soliciting another for the purpose of obtaining their sexual services as a prostitute in a street or public place (Sexual Offences Act 2003 Sec51A added by policing and Crime Act 2009 Sec 19)
• Paying or promising to pay a person to pay a person to provide sexual services, where that person is subject to exploitative conduct to induce or encourage them to provide those services (Sexual Offences Act 2003 Sec 53A.  Added by Policing and Crime Act 2009 Sec 14)

Please break this down by offence

4. The number of people your force has arrested in each calendar year since 2017 for the following suspected offences:

• Causing or inciting prostitution for gain (Sexual Offences Act 2003 Sec 52)
• Controlling prostitution for gain (Sexual Offences Act 2003 Sec 53)
• Keeping a brothel used for prostitution (Sexual Offences Act 1956 Sec 33A as added by Sexual Offences Act 2003 Sec 55)
• Persistently loitering or soliting in a street or public place for the purposes of offering services as a prostitute (Street Offences Act 1959 Sec 1(1) as amended by Policing and Crime Act 2009 sec 16)
• Soliciting another for the purpose of obtaining their sexual services as a prostitute in a street or public place (Sexual Offences Act 2003 Sec51A added by policing and Crime Act 2009 Sec 19)
• Paying or promising to pay a person to pay a person to provide sexual services, where that person is subject to exploitative conduct to induce or encourage them to provide those services (Sexual Offences Act 2003 Sec 53A.  Added by Policing and Crime Act 2009 Sec 14)

Please break this down by offence

5. The number of charges authorised in your force area in each calendar year since 2017 to anyone suspected of the following offences:

• Causing or inciting prostitution for gain (Sexual Offences Act 2003 Sec 52)
• Controlling prostitution for gain (Sexual Offences Act 2003 Sec 53)
• Keeping a brothel used for prostitution (Sexual Offences Act 1956 Sec 33A as added by Sexual Offences Act 2003 Sec 55)
• Persistently loitering or soliting in a street or public place for the purposes of offering services as a prostitute (Street Offences Act 1959 Sec 1(1) as amended by Policing and Crime Act 2009 sec 16)
• Soliciting another for the purpose of obtaining their sexual services as a prostitute in a street or public place (Sexual Offences Act 2003 Sec51A added by policing and Crime Act 2009 Sec 19)
• Paying or promising to pay a person to pay a person to provide sexual services, where that person is subject to exploitative conduct to induce or encourage them to provide those services (Sexual Offences Act 2003 Sec 53A.  Added by Policing and Crime Act 2009 Sec 14)

Please break this down by offence

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 to answer the above request, searches have been conducted for the following offences:

SX03118 - Cause / incite prostitution for gain - SOA 2003

SX03119 - Control prostitution for gain - SOA 2003

SX56123 – Keep / manage a brothel used for prostitution

SX56057 – Keep a brothel

SX56096 – Manage / assist in management of a heterosexual brothel

SX56096C – Conspire to manage / assist in management of a brothel

SX56097 – Manage / assist in management of a homosexual brothel

SO59003 - Person persistently loiter for the purposes of prostitution

SO59001 - Person persistently loiter for the purposes of prostitution

SO59002 - Person persistently solicit for the purposes of prostitution

SO59004 - Person persistently solicit for the purposes of prostitution

SX03213 - Solicit another for the purpose of obtaining their sexual services as a prostitute in a street / public place

SX03212 - Pay / promise to pay for sexual services for self / another of a prostitute subjected to exploitative conduct

Answers:

1. This question was removed from the request by the applicant.

2. North Yorkshire Police have recorded 1 prostitution caution between 01 January 2017 and 30 September 2022.

3. North Yorkshire Police have issued no police cautions for any of the above offences between 01 January 2017 and 30 September 2022.

4. The table below shows the number of arrests recorded by North Yorkshire Police between 01 January 2017 and 30 September for the below arrest reasons.

Total number of arrests recorded by NYP for the below offences (01.01.2017 – 30.09.2022)
Arrest Reason	2017	2018	2019	2020	2022	Total
Cause / incite prostitution for gain - SOA 2003 (recordable)	4	2	0	1	1	8
Control prostitution for gain - SOA 2003 (recordable)	0	3	0	0	0	3
Keep / manage a brothel used for prostitution (recordable)	0	2	3	0	0	5
Keep a brothel (recordable)	2	0	0	0	0	2
Pay / promise to pay for sexual services for self / another of a prostitute subjected to exploitative conduct (recordable)	1	0	0	0	0	1
Solicit another for the purpose of obtaining their sexual services as a prostitute in a street / public place (recordable)	1	0	1	0	0	2
Total	8	7	4	1	1	21

5. The table below shows the number of charge outcomes recorded by North Yorkshire Police between 01 January 2017 and 30 September 2022 for the below offences.

Total number of charge outcomes recorded by NYP for the below offences (01.01.2017 – 30.09.2022)
Offence	2018	2020	Total
Cause / incite prostitution for gain - SOA 2003	1	0	1
MG04 Charge Custody	1	0	1
Conspire to manage / assist in management of a brothel	0	1	1
MG04 Charge Remand	0	1	1
Control prostitution for gain - SOA 2003	3	0	3
MG04 Charge with Bail Conditions	1	0	1
MG04D Postal Charge	2	0	2
Total	4	1	5

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.