Restraint and Confiscation Orders

Summary

The request sought annual statistics on restraint and confiscation orders made by the Attorney General since 2008. The authority disclosed partial data from 2011 to July 2018, stating that complete records for earlier years were not held.

Key Facts

• The Attorney General's Chambers does not hold a complete statistical summary for all years requested since 2008.
• Figures provided for earlier years may not accurately reflect the total number of orders made by the Courts of Justice.
• The public record on orders made by the Court is held by the Isle of Man Courts of Justice.
• The response was issued under the Freedom of Information Act 2015.
• The request was closed on 16 July 2018.

Data Disclosed

• 2011: 0 Restraint Orders, 13 Confiscation Orders
• 2012: 0 Restraint Orders, 18 Confiscation Orders
• 2013: 1 Restraint Order, 16 Confiscation Orders
• 2014: 1 Restraint Order, 4 Confiscation Orders
• 2015: 0 Restraint Orders, 7 Confiscation Orders
• 2016: 2 Restraint Orders, 7 Confiscation Orders
• 2017: 27 Restraint Orders, 16 Confiscation Orders
• To 6th July 2018: 6 Restraint Orders, 11 Confiscation Orders
• Case ID: 518536
• Request received: 2 July 2018
• Response date: 16 July 2018

Original Request

How many applications for restraint orders have been made by, or on behalf of, the Attorney General in each year since 2008; How many confiscation orders have been obtained by, or on behalf of, the Attorney General in each year since 2008.

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Attorney General's Chambers 2nd floor Belgravia House Circular Road, Douglas Isle of Man, IM1 1AE Telephone: (01624) 685452 E-mail: attgen@gov.im

Our ref: 518536 16 July 2018

Dear ###

This request is being handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2015.

We write further to your request which was received on 2 July 2018 and which states:

"How many applications for restraint orders have been made by, or on behalf of, the Attorney General in each year since 2008; How many confiscation orders have been obtained by, or on behalf of, the Attorney General in each year since 2008."

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the public authority does not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find some of the information that you have requested.
We do not hold a complete statistical summary which identifies the figures you have requested for all years concerned. I have detailed below the information that is held, but the figures for earlier years may not be an accurate reflection of the total numbers of actual Orders made by the Courts of Justice in the Isle of Man.

Period Restraint Orders Confiscation Orders 2011 0 13 2012 0 18 2013 1 16 2014 1 4 2015 0 7 2016 2 7 2017 27 16 To 6th July 2018 6 11 The Isle of Man Courts of Justice hold the public record on Orders made by the Court and I would like to draw to your attention their website which you may find useful:- www.judgments.im Please quote the reference number 518536 in any future communications.

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I will now close your request as of this date.

Yours sincerely