FOI Aesthetics Business Injuries (544-2024/25)

Request

For avoidance of doubt, we are defining these businesses as anything that includes 'aesthetics' in the name:

ITV News would like to request the following information:

Q1. In the last 4 years, how many times have your police force been contacted with a report about a business offering aesthetic treatments – e.g. botox, fillers, non surgical Brazilian butt lifts?

Please break down the data as follows:

1. 1st January 2021 – 31st December 2021
2. 1st January 2022 – 31st December 2022
3. 1st January 2023 – 31st December 2023
4. 1st January 2024 – 17th September 2024

Q2. For each year, how many of those incidents reported injury related to treatments being offered?

 Please break down the data as follows:

1. 1st January 2021 – 31st December 2021
2. 1st January 2022 – 31st December 2022
3. 1st January 2023 – 31st December 2023
4. 1st January 2024 – 17th September 2024

If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to cost of compliance limits, please let me know how I can refine my request.

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.

To respond to this request searches were carried out within he North Yorkshire Police crime recording system for the term ‘aesthetics’ wihtint he premises name only, this returned 6 results for the time frame requested.

Q1. 0 were in relation to treatments being offered

Q2. 0 were in relation to injuries after treatments

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.