Membership of the Reserve Forces

Dear Miss Harrington

In respect of your request dated 6^th March 2010, please accept my
apologies on behalf of British Transport Police for the delay in
responding.

British Transport Police can only supply part of the data requested as to
comply fully with this request would exceed the Appropriate Limit of 18
hours work. The reason for this is BTP have only recorded this data
centrally for the last 12 months. To ascertain the full data you have
requested would require the examination of some 4000+ records to see what
data is held. Therefore in accordance with Section 12 of the Freedom of
Information Act BTP are not obliged with your request. However, some data
is available which BTP are prepared to supply.

In respect of your request:

Can you please supply me with the following information in relation to
serving Police Officers and membership of the Volunteer Reserve Forces, ie
Territorial Army, Royal Navy Reserve, Royal Marines Reserve and the Royal
Auxiliary Air Force:

How many / what percentage of currently serving BTP Officers are members
of the volunteer reserves? If possible please break down numbers for each
reserve force.

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 3 officers, Royal Navy Reserve 1
officer, Territorial Army 3 officers

Of these, how many have been mobilised for operational tours within the
past 5 years?

This information is not available at present.

What is you force policy on membership of the volunteer reserves, ie do
officers have to have passed their probation period, is there a maximum
number / percentage of officers that can be members of the volunteer
reserve at one time, is any additional support made available to them such
as paid time off as per the instructions given in Home Office Circulars?
Please supply a copy of the policy.

British Transport Police do not hold the document you have requested

Notwithstanding the answer to Q3, is membership of the reserve forces a
bar to employment either as a Police officer a) as a new joiner or b) as a
re-joiner / transferee or c) for internal transfers between areas and/or
specialist posts?

Membership of the reserve forces is not necessarily a bar to employment as
a police officer. We would not stop an application if an applicant was a
member of the Reservists. It is the Chief Officer's discretion whether
they can remain volunteers once appointed by BTP.

Is BTP registered with SABRE (www.sabre.mod.uk) as a supportive employer,
if not are there any plans to do so?

BTP is registered with SABRE.

Requesting an internal review in respect BTP's reply

British Transport Police accept that sometimes you may not agree with the
decision made about your Freedom of Information request. If this is the
case there is a procedure to allow you to request the decision to be
reviewed. You should make your request in writing to:

Information Standards Manager

British Transport Police

25 Camden Road

London

NW1 9LN

Tel: 020 7830 6751

You should state the reason for your request, for example, why you feel
you should have received more information.

Your request will be fully investigated and will be dealt with by a staff
member who was not involved in the original decision. BTP will then write
to you to advise the outcome of your request.

If you are dissatisfied with the results of the review you have the right
to appeal to the Information Commissioner.

He can be contacted at:

The Office of the Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF

More information is available from the Information Commissioner's website

[1]http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Finally, once again please accept my apologies on behalf of British
Transport Police for your request not being dealt with within the
statutory time frame.

Regards

Brian Coleman BA MSc

Information Standards Manager.

British Transport Police, FHQ,

25 Camden Road,

London, NW1 9LN

office 020 7830 6751

mobile 0788 050 3079

fax 020 7023 6953

email [email address]

www.btp.police.uk

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