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 Response Letter - FOI Application DJ 2026 - 0838 MERPOL (please quote in
 all correspondence)

 I write in connection with your request for information which was received
 by Merseyside Police. I note that you seek access to the following
 information:

 (Paraphrased)Statistical data relating to sexual offences.

 Following receipt for your request searches were conducted within the
 Merseyside Police to locate information relevant to your request. I can
 confirm that the information that you requested is held by Merseyside
 Police.

 The searches located information relevant to your request which is shown
 on the attached response table.

 I am today able to disclose the located information to you, as attached.
 Please find attached above, the response table with information.

 On behalf of the Force, I offer an apology for the delay in being able to
 provide this response and for any consequent inconvenience caused.

 Complaint Rights

 Your attention is drawn to the information following this response, which
 details your rights review and of complaint.           

 Should you have any further inquiries concerning this matter, please write
 or e-mail me, at the below address, quoting the reference number above.

 Yours faithfully

 D Jackson

 D Jackson

 Disclosure Analyst

 Merseyside Police

 Data Access Unit (FOI)

 PO BOX 2122

 LIVERPOOL

 L3 3YW

 E-mail:  [1][Merseyside Police request email]

 Schedule(s) of disclosed information:   Please see attachment at the top
 of the e-mail.

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 Internal review and complaint process.

 The Force accepts that you may not be content with the response to the
 Freedom of Information Act application. If you are dissatisfied with the
 results of your application, you have the right to an internal review by
 writing (letter or e-mail) to the

 Information Security Officer,

 Merseyside Police (CSD)

 PO BOX 2122

 LIVERPOOL

 L3 3YW

 If using e-mail, please include the text REQUEST FOR INTERNAL REVIEW in
 the subject line followed by the FOI application reference number shown at
 the top of the e-mail and only the below e-mail address.

 E-mail:  [2][Merseyside Police request email]

 The correspondence must state the reason you are not satisfied with the
 response and should normally be made within the time scale shown below in
 italics.

 Any correspondence which challenges any exemption provision used or
 disputes the information in the response provided, will be treated as an
 internal review, whether specifically stated as such or not.

 Alternatively, you may seek to appeal to the Information Commissioner who
 can be contacted at:

 The Office of the Information Commissioner

 Wycliffe House

 Water Lane

 WILMSLOW

 SK9 5AF

 The below is an extract from the Information Commissioner's website.

 You should first complain to the authority and ask it to conduct an
 internal review. For freedom of information complaint, we recommend that
 you do this as soon as possible and within two months of receiving the
 authority’s final response.

 For environmental information complaints you should make your complaint
 within forty working days.

 The Information Commissioner’s Office recommends that public authorities
 conduct internal reviews within twenty working days. Under Environmental
 Regulations Information there is a legal requirement that internal reviews
 must be conducted as soon as possible and within forty working days.

 Additional information is available on the ICO website at:

 [3]https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/official-information/

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References

 Visible links
 1. mailto:[merseyside%20police%20request%20email]
 2. mailto:[merseyside%20police%20request%20email]
 3. https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/official-information/
