WEST MIDLANDS POLICE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 REVIEW & APPEALS PROCEDURE Any person who has requested information from West Midlands Police and is not satisfied with the reply has a right to request a review of their case for consideration of:
• Whether the duty to confirm or deny that the information requested is held has
been incorrectly applied;
• Whether all or part of the information requested has, under the circumstances of
the case, been unreasonably withheld through the application of statutory exemptions;
• Whether disclosure of the information requested is incomplete because West
Midlands Police holds additional information that would otherwise form the basis of a response.
A request for review must be made in writing by letter, fax or email to the Head of Corporate Services outlining the reason(s) why you believe our decision is wrong.
Head of Corporate Services Police Headquarters Lloyd House Birmingham B4 6NQ
The Freedom of Information Manager will record all appeals. Receipt of an internal appeal will be acknowledged and the appellant informed of an estimated date for determining the appeal. West Midlands Police will attempt to respond to internal appeals as soon as practicable and in any case within three months. All investigations will be undertaken by the Freedom of Information Manager and presented to the West Midlands Police Internal Appeal Board.
The result of any internal appeal will be communicated to the appellant outlining the decisions taken.
A further right of appeal to the Information Commissioner’s Office exists, details of which may be found at www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk or by writing to the Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire. SK9 5AF.
www.west-midlands.police.uk
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