FOI 211757

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 211757

I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 21^st November 2022.  Please find below the response to your request:

Vagrancy Act Arrests and Convictions

Under the Freedom of Information Act can I ask for the following information from your authority on homelessness convictions and arrests amongst under 18s.

I would like to request the information in questions 1-3 for the annual data for 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 (if possible).

Within your local authority, how many under 18s:

1.      Were moved on from an area under the Vagrancy Act
2.      Were convicted under the Vagrancy Act
3.      Were arrested under the Vagrancy Act

Reply

West Mercia Police hold the information you have requested, please see below:

1.      Were moved on from an area under the Vagrancy Act = 1
2.      Were convicted under the Vagrancy Act = 0
3.      Were arrested under the Vagrancy Act = 0