FOI 16237-25 - Breach of Restraining Order

Request:

Please may I request a list of which actions (made by/on behalf of Restrained Parties) constitute breaches of Restraining Orders and Non-Molestation Orders. And, please may I also request information in relation to which actions fall under direct and indirect breaches respectively.

Response:

Searches have been conducted within Northamptonshire Police to locate the information and I can now confirm that Northamptonshire Police does not hold lists of specific actions that would or would not constitute breaches of Restraining Orders and Non-Molestation Orders.

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, public authorities are only required to provide information already held in a recorded form. They are not required to create information to answer a request under the Act.

In the spirit of providing advice and assistance, I have considered what Northamptonshire Police might be able to provide you with that would help to answer your request. I have not been able to think of anything that Northamptonshire Police would be able to provide within the cost limit.
For example, to compile a list of actions that had previously been recorded as breaches would require cost in excess of the appropriate limit set out in S12 of the Act. This is because it would require manual review of approximately 600 records for Breach of Restraining Order alone, not including Breach of Non-Molestation Order.