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[FOI #3967 email]

Mr Alan Elsegood

Reference: T23671/8 28 November 2008

Dear Mr Elsegood

Thank you for your letter dated in which you ask for data on the age of normal retirement in 2006 or any later year (exclusive of medical retirement) of police officers in each rank and by gender.

I regret to inform you that the Home Office does not hold the information that you have requested. The information you have requested would be held by individual police forces and a request would have to be made to each police authority in England and Wales.

If you are dissatisfied with this response you may request an independent internal review of our handling of your request by submitting your complaint within two months to the address below quoting reference 10612.

Information Rights Team
Information and Record Management Service
Home Office
4th Floor, Seacole Building
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF[email address]

During the independent review the department's handling of your information request will be reassessed by staff who were not involved in providing you with this response. Should you remain dissatisfied after this internal review, you will have a right of complaint to the Information Commissioner as established by section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act.

I realise that this response may be a disappointment to you. However I would like to assure you that a thorough search was conducted and that I am confident that we do not hold the information that you asked for.

Yours sincerely

Ian Moir

Police Finance & Pensions Unit