FOI 2439-25 Cannabis cultivation for personal use

Request to Northamptonshire Police

The number of individuals charged with the cultivation of cannabis for personal consumption in Northamptonshire over the last 3 years.

A breakdown of the penalties or charges applied in these cases, such as warnings, fines, community orders, or custodial sentences.

Any internal guidelines used to distinguish between "personal use" and "intent to supply" in cases of cannabis cultivation.

Response

After reviewing your request, we have concluded that we must issue you with a Refusal Notice under s12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. This is because in order to comply, our analysts would need to locate, retrieve and scrutinise approximately over 330 crime occurrence files. Doing so would exceed the appropriate cost limit of £450. To identify this number, we searched by statistic classification descriptions: -

Drugs – Class B Cannabis – Permit use of premises for production
Drugs – Class B Cannabis – Produce
Drugs – Class B Cannabis Resin - Produce

However, if you wish to refine your request to a shorter date parameter, such the number of individuals charged with the cultivation of cannabis for personal consumption over the last 24 months, it is likely we will be able to supply this data.

It would also be prudent for me to explain to you that Northamptonshire Police cannot provide information on Court outcomes. To access this information, please redirect your enquiry to His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service.