FOI 416099
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 416335
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 17th June 2025. Please find below the response to your request:
The government has instructed the NCA to lead a push to reopen 800 cases of historic gang based CSE: https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Farticles%2Fc70601550rro&data=05%7C02%7Cinformation%40westmercia.pnn.police.uk%7C374dff2ac33347554b1a08ddadcf4067%7Cdd7d99f465c44822bf7b75d61ebc8f4a%7C0%7C0%7C638857829414157762%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C60000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=oz4w68HoUsS5Xg8q1zoupXYFUlgjpu1V6sf38q5M9CU%3D&reserved=0
I would be grateful if you could provide me with the aggregated data of the following:
- the number of cases that you have been instructed to reopen
- the ethnicity of those identified as perpetrators in these cases within your policing area.
- the ethnicity of the victims of these cases.
- communication received from the Home Office or NCA regarding the reopening of these cases, including the rationale for their identification, the means by which they are to be conducted once reopened, and any other communiques which have been received via letter, email or missive.
Reply
West Mercia do not hold the information requested.
I can confirm that the NCA have not requested West Mercia Police regarding the reopening of cases.