FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST

REQUEST NUMBER: F-2009-00482

REQUEST DETAILS:

“ I am requesting certain documents that you may have detailing force

policy and procedure in the management and review of police injury

award pensions prior to the year 2004..”

RESPONSE:

Suffolk Constabulary currently have no policies of procedures relating to injury on duty pension. We follow the regulation and Home Office guidelines.

Officers who have retired and been granted an IOD award are reviewed at regular intervals ranging between 6 months and 5 years.

Timescales for review are determined in conjunction with Occupational Health.

Prior to 2004, Officers were reviewed until such a time that Occupational Health recommended reviews were no longer required.

Although some degree of disablement may have been reduced, it is fair to say that some would have been maintained above the lowest banding.

That position changed around 2002 in respect of new retirements and since 2004 we have implemented the Home Office guidance in relation to the terms for review and comparative earnings.

The Suffolk Constabulary 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 Information Compliance Manager, Suffolk Constabulary Headquarters, Martlesham Heath, Suffolk, IP5 3QS.

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