Tuesday, 11th December 2009

Dear Mr Styles,

FOI Reference No: FOI-20092/118502

I write in connection with your request for information dated 16th November 2009 and listed below.

Your request for information has now been considered and the information asked for under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 is as follows:

I am seeking certain information under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act.

I have to hand a copy of a letter from the Home Office, dated 8th July 2002, signed by Michael Ruff of the Police Pensions and Retirement Policy Section.

It is addressed to Ms M Banks-Mahoney of the West Yorkshire Police Personnel Department, 87-93 Northgate, Wakefield, and is a response to a letter sent by Ms Banks-Mahoney to the Home Office, dated 3rd July 2002. Her letter apparently asked about the payment of injury awards to officers over State retirement age.

I ask that you supply me with a copy of the letter, described above, that Ms Banks-Mahoney sent to the Home Office.

West Yorkshire Police hold no information in relation to your question. We have conducted a number of searches of our forces systems and we have found no record of the information you have requested.

Police forces providing information do not use generic systems, nor are the procedures used for capturing the data the same. It should be noted that for these reasons this forces response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other response you may receive.

COMPLAINT RIGHTS

If you are not satisfied with how this request has been handled or with the information provided, please read the advice notice attached to this letter. If you do wish to take up your right of complaint, please remember to quote the reference number above in any future correspondence.

Yours sincerely

Bronwen Salmon

Freedom of Information Project Officer

pp

Steven Harding

Head of Information Management

The West Yorkshire Police in complying with their statutory duty under sections 1 and 11 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to release the enclosed information will not breach the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. However, the rights of the copyright owner of the enclosed information will continue to be protected by law.  Applications for the copyright owner's written permission to reproduce any part of the attached information should be addressed to The Force Solicitor, West Yorkshire Police Headquarters, PO Box 9, Laburnum Road, Wakefield WF1 3QP.