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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 428581
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 26th August 2025. Please find below the response to your request:
The number of soil samples that your force analysed and sent for analysis dated back to 2015, the last 10 years The number of sediment/rock samples that your force analysed and sent for analysis dated back to 2015, the last 10 years What analyses/techniques were used on the sediment, soil and rock samples dated back to 2015, the last 10 years The cost of all above analyses to the force
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West Mercia Police have not submitted any soil/rock or sediment samples for analysis over the last 10 years.