Request for reported incidents where the perpetrator was the son, daughter, stepson or stepdaughter of the victim.

Reference: 21020

Date Added: Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Category: Miscellaneous

Disclosure Details

Good morning,

Thank you for your recent request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Two duties are placed on public authorities under Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). Notwithstanding applicable exemptions, the first duty at, Section 1(1) (a), is to confirm or deny whether the information specified in a request is held. The second duty at, Section1 (1) (b), is to disclose information that has been confirmed as being held. Under the provisions of those sections of the FOIA, we can confirm that the information you seek is partly held by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent. Please find response below.

1) What is the name if you Police Force?

Gwent Police

 

2) How many incidents or crimes have been reported to your force, where the perpetrator was the son/daughter/stepson/stepdaughter of the victim.  This can also include children in care.

For the following years - please break down by month.

2018

2019

2020

2021 - (Jan - July)

No information held

 

3) Please break this down into age,

  1. a) Age 19 and under
  2. b) Age 20 and over 

For the following years

2018

2019

2020

2021 - (Jan - July)

No information held

 

4) Please break this down into type of crime - (for example but not limited to - threat to kill, violence, coercive control, stalking) for the following years

2018

2019

2020

2021 - (Jan - July)

No information held

 

5) How many homicides have been recorded where the perpetrator was the son/daughter/stepson/stepdaughter of the victim in the following years? Please break down by month.

2018

2019

2020

2021 - (Jan - July)

No information held

 

The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent (OPCC) and Gwent Police are two separate organisations.   Therefore, the OPCC are not responsible for and do not hold operational policing information such as the information requested, this is the responsibility of the Chief Constable of Gwent Police.  You may wish to contact Gwent Police directly to determine if they have the information requested via the following link https://www.gwent.police.uk/rqo/request/ri/request-information/rip/request-information-police/

The Freedom of Information Act is a public disclosure regime, not a private regime. Any information disclosed under the Act is thereafter deemed to be in the public domain, and therefore freely available to the general public and will be published on the OPCC website.

I hope this information is satisfactory to your request however, should you feel dissatisfied with this response or the way in which your request was handled, information on the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent FOI Appeals Procedure can be found on our website: http://www.gwent.pcc.police.uk/en/transparency/know-your-rights/your-information-rights/freedom-of-information/appeals-process/