Your ref: 20092/120753

Our ref:

29^th December 2009

Dear Mr Walker,

I write to clarify the situation with regards to your Freedom of Information request that you made to West Yorkshire Police on 2/12/09. You requested the following information:

There are restrictions placed on those working in the Police Force regarding membership of the British National Party. Does your force have any restrictions on a member of your Police Force:-

a) donating to the British National Party?

b) subscribing to a British National Party publication?

c) purchasing goods from the British National Party?

d) signing a petition in favour of the British National Party?

e) signing a nomination form for a British National Party candidate?

Due to the high levels of requests we are currently dealing with we anticipate that we will be unable to respond to your request within 20 working days therefore I would like to apologise in advance for the delay in responding to your request. Please be assured that we will endeavour to send a response out to you as soon as possible.

Further to this we would be grateful if you could inform us by your preferred method (contact details as above) if you still require a response to your request for information. If we do not hear from you within twenty working days from the date of this letter then we will assume that you no longer require the information that you have requested.

Please be assured that if you do still wish for us to proceed then we will be happy to do so.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

Yours sincerely

Superintendent Tyron Joyce

Information Management