HMP Britain

Information Management Section

Nottinghamshire Police

Telephone:- 0115 9672515

Facsimile:- 0115 9672896

E-mail: [email address]

8^th December 2009

Dear HMP Britain,

Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA)

Reference No: FOI09-2530

I have been requested to carry out an independent review on the way that your request has been handled.

I have now carried out a review and my findings are as follows -

Background to the request

I note that your previous correspondence, dated 29^th September 2009 requested information pertaining to -

Two of your police officers--Philip Parr and Charles Fletcher--were

found in court to have aided the Gunn crime syndicate.

I am curious as to how this corruption affected the force. I am

keen to receive any document that would help me establish the

extent of the infiltration, what information these corrupt officers

accessed and how this affected the force.

For example, did it aide the murder of John and Joan Stirland? Or

frustrate enquiries into the murder of Marion Bates or Derrick

Senior?

The formal response, to your FOI request, was provided by the Freedom of Information department on the 22^nd October 2009.

My findings are -

I feel that the information provided to you from the FOI Officer was concise in nature and addressed all issues raised. An explanation was provided as to the Nottinghamshire Police's stance in relation to corruption and dishonesty and its impact on police operations.

In respect of the information that was not provided, a full explanation citing the relevant exemptions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 was provided and a refusal under Section 17 was issued.

As stated requests under the FOIA 2000 are about information held by an organisation and not an opinion of an individual officer.

Therefore I feel the disclosure was correct.

If you are still not satisfied with our response you can submit a formal appeal, for your request to be looked at further, this will entail -

A full investigation, carried out by the FOI Officer, which will be reported and presented, to an Internal Appeal Board. This will include a full account of the reasoning for or against disclosure and the application of any relevant exemptions.

The Internal Appeal Board will consist of at least, a member of the Chief Officer Team, a member of the Legal Team, and myself.

The appeal will be fully recorded and a copy of the outcome will be provided to you.

Formal appeals should be submitted in writing and addressed to -

Freedom of Information Department

Nottinghamshire Police

Force Headquarters

Sherwood Lodge

Arnold

Nottingham

NG5 8PP

Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write or contact me on telephone number 0115 967 2515, quoting the above reference number.

Yours sincerely

Glen Langford

Force Information Manager