Corporate Review Department
Information Management Section
PO Box 9
Laburnum Road
Wakefield
WF1 3QP
Tel : 01924 292486 / 292202 / 292719
Fax : 01924 292726
Email : [West Yorkshire Police request email]
Website : www.westyorkshire.police.uk
Wednesday, 07 October 2009
Dear Mr Smith
FOI Reference No : FOI-20092/111795
Thank you for your email dated and received by my office on the 07 Oct 2009. You have requested
the following information under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000:
I wanted to enquire about the driving permits offered by your Force
to Police Officers. The questions I have are:
1) What levels of driving permits are offered?
2) What do each of the driving permits allow the holder to do?
3) What training is required for each of the driving permits and
how are the candidates assessed? How long in length are the courses
for each of the respective driving permits?,
4) Are any of the driving permits offered by your Force, offered in
a modular basis, (i.e. are they offered in modules of 1 week at a
time until the course is complete etc),
5) Which of the permits are available to Special Constables?
6) If any modular courses are offered, are the available to Special
Constables?,
7) How many Special Constables in your Force have driving permits
which allow them to respond (i.e. use blue lights, sirens and
allowed the holder to utilise the relevant exemptions afforded to
them in law with respect of speeding, going through red lights
etc),
I would appreciate any information that is available, in particular
the information that relates to Special Constables.
Your request will now be considered and you will receive a response within the statutory timescale of
20 working days as defined by the Act, subject to the information not being exempt or containing a
reference to a third party. In some circumstances West Yorkshire Police may be unable to achieve this
deadline. If this is likely you will be informed and given a revised time-scale at the earliest opportunity.
In exceptional circumstances, there may be a fee payable for the retrieval, collation and provision of
the information you have requested. If this is the case you will be informed and the 20 working day
timescale will be suspended until we receive payment from you. If you chose not to make a payment
then your request will remain unanswered.
Yours sincerely
Bronwen Salmon
Freedom of Information Project Officer
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Steven Harding
Head of Information Management
The information supplied in connection with this application will be used for the purpose of the administering of this request and to ensure the
accuracy of Police systems.
