Received: 4 May 2023

As of the 30th of April 2023

Responded: 16 May 2023

QUESTION: 

How many officers are you currently providing advice and legal assistance to who have: 

1. A. Not been charged but are under investigation
2. Have been charged but do not have a criminal justice outcome*
3. C. Have a criminal justice outcome but are either appealing the conviction or sentence

RESPONSE: 

Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) confirms that it does hold this data but is exempting it under Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000: Cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limit.  After some enquiries, it has been ascertained that the data you have requested is not recorded in the manner requested, nor is it available in an automated way, and would therefore entail a manual search and collation of data to respond to your request.  There are more than 2500 records which would need to be manually searched and PFEW has estimated that the cost and time of this exercise would far exceed the limits of the £450 and 18 hours stipulated by the legislation.