Freedom of Information Request Reference No: I note you seek access to the following information: Home Office Offence Coding 116/11: Fishing without permission: Taking or destroying fish, Schedule 1, Part 2, Theft Act 1968. I ask that you release information for all such offences recorded over the period 2004-2016 relating to: 1. Number of such offences recorded each year 2. Number of these offences investigated 3. Outcomes from the investigations of any offences to include (i) Proceeded against (to court) (ii) Warned/Cautioned/Restorative Justice or other community resolution (iii) Undetected/No further actioned With reference to 3 (i) above can you provide details, if held of the any court outcomes including: a. Guilty/not guilty b. If guilty the sentence passed absolute/conditional discharge, fine, community/suspended sentence, bound over on conviction or custodial etc. DECISION I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full. Please find attached information pursuant to your request above. Information Rights Unit
Specific Fishing Offences Jan 2004 to Dec 2016 Protective Marking Suitable for Publication Scheme Ad-Hoc Reference Number Summary Not Protectively Marked Yes 7907 Specific Fishing Offences for the date range Jan 2004 to Dec 2016 Creating Branch / Directorate MetHQ - Information and Insight Date Created 06/03/2017 Review Date 01/04/2018 This report uses LIVE DATA extracted from: CRIS MIS Date Live data was extracted: 06/03/2017 Police forces in the United Kingdom are routinely required to provide crime statistics to government bodies and the recording criteria is set nationally. However, the systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the crime data. It should be noted that for these reasons this force's response to your questions should not be used for
Notes Data was extracted on 06/03/2017 for the period Jan 2004 to Dec 2016. Data was limited to the HO Offence Clasification code of 116/11 "Taking or destroying etc any fish in private fishery etc contrary to sch.1 Theft act 1968". This is an offence that is non-notifiable to the Home Office, and as such there is no compulsory measure for police forces to record offences under this code. Therefore, the data presented may be an undercount of the true nature fo the offence within the Metropolitan Police District. Police forces in the United Kingdom are routinely required to provide crime statistics to government bodies and the recording criteria is set nationally. However, the systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the crime data. It should be noted that for these reasons this force's response to your questions should not be used for
IMPORTANT: Please ensure that the Notes Page is read in conjunction with the data in this report to ensure that it is interpreted correctly. Offences of "Taking or destroying etc any fish in private fishery etc contrary to sch.1 Theft act 1968" for the period 2004 to 2016 in the MPS Year Offence Count of Offences Investigation 2009 Taking or destroying etc any fish in private fishery etc contrary to sch.1 Theft act 1968 1 Screened IN for further investigation 2010 Taking or destroying etc any fish in private fishery etc contrary to sch.1 Theft act 1968 1 Screened IN for further investigation 2015 Taking or destroying etc any fish in private fishery etc contrary to sch.1 Theft act 1968 1 Screened IN for further investigation Police forces in the United Kingdom are routinely required to provide crime statistics to g bodies and the recording criteria is set nationally. However, the systems used for record figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the crime data. I noted that for these reasons this force's response to your questions should not be use
Outcome 2 Accused - both charged 2 Accused - both charged 1 Suspect but no details. Remains undetected. government ding these It should be sed for