2022/25019 - Seizure of anabolic steroids

REQUEST

I am writing to request the following:

how many seizures of anabolic steroids your force made in the following calendar years (if your force records financial years rather than calendar please provide the data for this).

2019,2020, 2021 and 2022 to date 01/03/22.

If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the time or cost limits identified in Section 12, please provide the information in part and chronologically with a priority placed upon 2022 data.

RESPONSE

The information requested can be obtained from the Home Office website.

Section 21 – Information Reasonably Accessible by Other Means

The exemption applicable to the information you have requested for this question can be found at Section 21 of the Act and this refusal notice is issued under Section 17.

I am engaging the Section 21 Exemption under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Information Reasonably Accessible by Other Means.

The information you have requested can be found at the attached link below:

Seizures of drugs in England and Wales, financial year ending 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

The first document on the page gives an overview of the information and the second document is the facts/figures broken down by drug type and force.