Dear Sir or Madam,

I would like to make a request under the provisions of the Freedom
of Information Act 2000.

I wish to know how many times protectively marked information held
by Cheshire Constabulary has been either lost or otherwise
compromised.

If there are any such incidents, I wish to know the date of the
incident, the rank of the officer responsible for the security
breach and the protective marking of the information concerned.

I would ask that you remember the Act’s Section 16 duty on public
authorities to provide advice and assistance to requesters. If for
any reason you are leaning toward rejecting any part of this
request or if you plan to argue that it is unmanageable or
unanswerable in any way then I would expect you to contact me
promptly to find ways to answer this request to our mutual
satisfaction.

Yours faithfully,

Stephen Gradwick

Dear Mr Gradwick,

I acknowledge receipt of your correspondence received 18/08/2008 which is
being dealt with as a request for information in accordance with the
Freedom of Information Act 2000.

I am in the process of dealing with your request and will respond in due
course and in any case by 16/09/2008. Please contact us by e-mail at
[Cheshire Constabulary request email] if you have any further enquiries.

Regards

John Gannon
Freedom of Information Officer
Tel: 01244 614176
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Dear Mr Gradwick,

I refer to your recent request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 as set out below:

I wish to know how many times protectively marked information held
by Cheshire Constabulary has been either lost or otherwise
compromised.

If there are any such incidents, I wish to know the date of the
incident, the rank of the officer responsible for the security
breach and the protective marking of the information concerned.

In accordance with section 1(1) (a) of the Act our response is provided
below;

We hold no record of any loss or compromise of any information that was
protectively marked.

If I can be of any further assistance in this matter, please do not
hesitate to contact me.

If you are not satisfied with the decision applied in this case I enclose
for your attention a copy of the Constabulary's appeal procedures.

(See attached file: FOI Appeals procedures.doc)

Regards

John Gannon
Freedom of Information Officer
01244 614176

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Dear Mr Gannon,

Thank you for your response to my recent request for information.

I appreciate your helpful and informative reply.

Yours sincerely,

Stephen Gradwick