Your ref:

Our ref: 20094/12254

7^th January 2010

Dear Mr Jarman,

I write to clarify the situation with regards to your Freedom of Information request that you made to West Yorkshire Police on 14/12/09. You requested the following information:

I am seeking certain information related to police injury pensions.

1. Do you have a written policy governing the management and review of police injury pensions? If you do, please provide me with a copy.

2. Since August 2004, to date, how many injury pensions have been reduced when reviewed?

3. Since August 2004, to date, how many injury pensions have been increased when reviewed?

4. Since August 2004, to date, how many injury pensions have beenreduced to the lowest band when the former officer in receipt of the pension reached (or had already reached) the age of 65?

5. If your force has any document recording any analysis and/or consideration of the guidance contained in Annex C to Home Office circular 46/2004 please supply me with a copy.

6. If your force has any document recording any calculation and/or projection of the potential budgetary savings and/or financial impact that might result from adoption of the guidance contained in

Annex C to Home Office circular 46/2004 please supply me with a copy.

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