FOI- 538/25

REQUEST 

This is in relation to 'cuckooing' which the government describes as a highly exploitative practice where criminals seize control of a vulnerable person's home without consent to conduct illegal criminal activities.

I would like to request the following information: 

How many reports of cuckooing have you had within the financial year of (a) 2019-20 (b) 2020-21 (c) 2021-22 (d) 2022-23 (e) 2023-24 (f) 2024-25

How many of these reports of cuckooing included people with disabilities in the financial year of (a) 2019-20 (b) 2020-21 (c) 2021-22 (d) 2022-23 (e) 2023-24 (f) 2024-25

What is the gender breakdown of the victims of cuckooing across the financial year of (a) 2019-20 (b) 2020-21 (c) 2021-22 (d) 2022-23 (e) 2023-24 (f) 2024-25

RESPONSE

As this is available in the public domain, we are therefore not obliged to provide this information as the following exemption applies:

Section 21 – Information Accessible by Other Means.

This is an absolute, class based exemption which means that a public authority is not required to consider the public interest in disclosure.

Under Section 16, the duty to provide advice and assistance, please see the below link:

FOI 389/25 | South Wales Police