Crimes related to Twitter

I would like to submit a Twitter-related FoI request please...

1. How many crime records refer to Twitter between April 2010 and April 2011?

2. How may crimes records refer to Twitter between April 2009 and April 2010?

3. Over those two years, what is the breakdown of types of crime involved?

In accordance with section 1(1) (a) of the Act our response is provided below;

I am unable to confirm that the Cheshire Constabulary holds the information you have requested. I have determined that in order to locate any relevant data would exceed the cost limits under FOI, this is currently £450. It would be necessary to manually examine each individual investigation file which number several thousand for the two year period.

Section 17 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 requires the Cheshire Constabulary, when refusing to provide such information (because the information is exempt) to provide you with a notice which a) states that fact, b) specifies the exemption in question and c) states (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption applies.

It is estimated that compliance with your request would exceed the appropriate limit. The appropriate limit is defined in the Data Protection and Freedom of Information (Fees and Appropriate Limit) Regulations 2004, which is covered by statutory Instrument Number 3244 of 2004. Furthermore, Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 allows a public authority to refuse to respond to a request for information where the cost of compliance would exceed the appropriate limit as defined by the above mentioned regulations.