Your ref:

Our ref: 20094/12251

7^th January 2010

Dear Mr Walgrove,

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:

How many times has the West Yorkshire Police Force Armed Response Unit been called out in the Bradford area each year, over the past five years(2004-2009).

On how many of these occasions has a member of the Armed Response Unit actually fired their weapons, if at all?

How many Armed Response Officers does the West Yorkshire Police Force employ?

How much does it cost to send out an Armed Response Unit? (If possible, could I have a breakdown of the cost?)

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