• What was the total expenditure by your police force on paper notebooks for officers in each of the last 2 financial years (2021-2022 and 2022-2023)? Please break this figure down by year. 

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• What was the total expenditure on associated paperwork and office supplies for paper-based record keeping by your police force in the financial years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023? Please break this down by year. 

West Yorkshire Police do not hold any recorded information for the above question as our records do not state whether the office supplies went on to be used for paper-based record keeping. 

• What percentage of your police force's officers currently use paper notebooks rather than digital notebooks? 

West Yorkshire Police do not hold any recorded information for the above question. To determine this information would involve creating data which we are not obliged to do under FOI legislation. 

• What are the costs associated with storing and retrieving paper-based records in your police force? Please provide details for the financial years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023. 

West Yorkshire Police do not hold any recorded information for the above question. Such costs are not held.

• What is the average cost of lost or damaged paper notebooks and records in your police force each year? Please provide figures for 2021-2022 and 2022-2023.  
    
West Yorkshire Police do not hold any recorded information for the above question. To determine this information would involve creating data which we are not obliged to do under FOI legislation.