Average length of time officers live after drawing 30 year ordinary pension

Dear Independent Police Support Group,

Enquiry Ref : 2010/2889

I acknowledge receipt of your enquiry, which we received on 15 November 2010, requesting information concerning:

Please supply the average length of time in years that an officer
would live after retiring.

Figures may already be available somewhere but if not can the calculation be worked out over the last 5 years from those officers
who have died having retired after 30 years service and were receiving an ordinary pension.

As set out by the Freedom of Information Act, it will be our aim to respond to your request by 13 December 2010. However, it may be that we need to seek further clarification or information from you. This will add to the time in which we are allowed to respond to your request, of which you will be advised, together with the likely timescale within which the response will be provided.

If you have any questions regarding your request please contact me.

Yours sincerely,

A Pressman
Freedom of Information

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Dear Independent Police Support Group

Gloucestershire Constabulary Freedom of Information request 2010.2889

On 15th November 2010 you sent an e-mail constituting a request under the Freedom of Information Act asking the following:

1. Please supply the average length of time in years that an officer would live after retiring. Figures may already be available somewhere but if not can the calculation be worked out over the last 5 years from those officers who have died having retired after 30 years service and were receiving an ordinary pension.

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 s1, I can confirm that Gloucestershire Constabulary does not hold any information.

In response to your request, searches were conducted with the Constabulary’s Human Resources department however no relevant information was located; the Constabulary is not required to record information of this nature once an Officer has left the organisation.

If you are not satisfied with this response or any actions taken in dealing with your request, you have the right to ask that we review your case under our internal procedure.

If you decide to request that such a review is undertaken and following this process you are still unsatisfied, you then have the right to direct your complaint to the Information Commissioner for consideration.

If we can be of any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely,

Miss A Pressman
Freedom of Information Officer
Gloucestershire Constabulary

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