FOI 452442
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 452442
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 16th January 2026. Please find below the response to your request:
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from your police force.
1) How many private jets were chartered by your force to repatriate a defendant to the UK between January 2020 and December 2025?
2) What was the exact cost incurred for chartering the plane in each case?
3) If disclosable to the public, what are the names, DOBs, and charges of the defendants involved for each flight? If a defendant's identity cannot be disclosed, please do specify the charges brought up against them at the time of their extradition.
4) What were the reasons in each case for placing these defendants on a private jet instead of a commercial flight?
We would like the data in calendar years, please.
Reply
West Mercia Police do not hold any information in relation to your request.
1) How many private jets were chartered by your force to repatriate a defendant to the UK between January 2020 and December 2025?
- No information held
2) What was the exact cost incurred for chartering the plane in each case?
- N/a
3) If disclosable to the public, what are the names, DOBs, and charges of the defendants involved for each flight? If a defendant's identity cannot be disclosed, please do specify the charges brought up against them at the time of their extradition.
N/a
4) What were the reasons in each case for placing these defendants on a private jet instead of a commercial flight?
N/a