FOI 67555

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 67555

I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 29^th March 2021. Please find below the response to your request:

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST

1. How many arrests have your police force made for the offences of supplying controlled drugs or possession with intent to supply controlled drugs in the last year (2020 calendar year) for young persons aged sixteen or under?
2. Please provide if possible the figures for each age group i.e. ten, eleven, twelve etc and also broken down by gender for each of the two offences, breaking the alleged offences down by Class A and Class B drugs.
3. For those children who were arrested AND were aged 13 or under please provide specific details on the charge they were arrested on and the exact type and class of drug they were alleged to have been involved with.

Reply:-

• The number of young persons aged 16 or under arrested for the offences of supplying controlled drugs or possession with intent to supply controlled drugs in 2020 is 50.

• Please see below table for breakdown by age, gender & reason for arrest offence. If the age is not listed there were no arrests. The young person may have been arrested for more than one of the offences.

• The exact type & class of drug has not been recorded on the custody record for the young person aged 13.