Original rape case handling report from 2005/2006
Dear Metropolitan Police Service (MPS),
1) Please can you provide a copy of the "original report highlighting the changes over a period of four years, 2001/2 - 2004/5" written by then-Metropolitan Police Officer Brian Paddick on the topic of the Met's handling of rape cases and referred to in paragraph 19 of his Leveson Inquiry witness statement. (http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-cont...)
2) If it would not exceed the time limits for an FoI request after fulfilling request (1) above, please provide a copy of all other versions of the report.
Yours faithfully,
Zoe O'Connell
Dear Ms O'Connell
Freedom of Information Request Reference No: 2012020004139
I respond in connection with your request for information dated 27/02/2012
which was received by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) on 27/02/2012.
I note you seek access to the following information:
1) Please can you provide a copy of the "original report highlighting the
changes over a period of four years, 2001/2 - 2004/5" written by
then-Metropolitan Police Officer Brian Paddick on the topic of the Met's
handling of rape cases and referred to in paragraph 19 of his Leveson
Inquiry witness statement.
(http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-cont...)
2) If it would not exceed the time limits for an FoI request after
fulfilling request (1) above, please provide a copy of all other versions
of the report.
Your request will now be considered in accordance with the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (the Act). You will receive a response within the
statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Act, subject to
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Dear Ms O'Connell
Freedom of Information Request Reference No: 2012020004139
I respond in connection with your request for information dated 27/02/2012
which was received by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) on 27/02/2012.
I note you seek access to the following information:
1) Please can you provide a copy of the "original report highlighting the
changes over a period of four years, 2001/2 - 2004/5" written by
then-Metropolitan Police Officer Brian Paddick on the topic of the Met's
handling of rape cases and referred to in paragraph 19 of his Leveson
Inquiry witness statement.
(http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-cont...)
2) If it would not exceed the time limits for an FoI request after
fulfilling request (1) above, please provide a copy of all other versions
of the report.
This email is to inform you that it will not be possible to respond to
your request within the cost threshold.
Searches have been made within Sapphire Command, (who are responsible for
investigating rape and other serious sexual offences), Territorial
Policing Headquarters, Records Management, MPS Press Office and the
National Police Library.
The requested document has not been traced.
In order to establish whether this report is held by the MPS, all
personnel would need to be contacted and a search requested of all
documents retained from 2005.
We would be unable to provide further versions of this report until we
obtain the original to refer to.
We estimate that the cost of complying with this request would exceed the
appropriate limit. The appropriate limit has been specified in regulations
and for agencies outside central Government; this is set at £450.00.
This represents the estimated cost of one person spending 18 hours [at a
rate of £25 per hour] in determining whether the MPS holds the
information, and locating, retrieving and extracting the information.
In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (The Act), this
email acts as a Refusal Notice.
Section 17(5) of the Act provides:
(5) A public authority which, in relation to any request for information,
is relying on a claim that section 12 or 14 applies must, within the time
for complying with section 1(1), give the applicant a notice stating that
fact.
Section 12(1) of the Act provides:
(1) Section 1(1) does not oblige a public authority to comply with a
request for information if the authority estimates that the cost of
complying with the request would exceed the appropriate limit.
Under Section 16, (duty to assist), an authority is required to offer an
applicant the opportunity to redefine their request within the cost limit.
In January 2006 a summary of this report appeared in 'The Job', an MPS
publication.
In the event you require a copy of this summary, the MPS will provide it.
COMPLAINT RIGHTS
Your attention is drawn to the attached sheet which details your right of
complaint.
Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please
contact me on telephone number 020 7230 4019 quoting our reference number.
Yours sincerely
Peter Royan-Posse
Case Investigation Officer
COMPLAINT RIGHTS
Are you unhappy with how your request has been handled or do you think the
decision is incorrect?
You have the right to require the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to
review their decision.
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discuss the decision with the case officer that dealt with your request.
Ask to have the decision looked at again –
The quickest and easiest way to have the decision looked at again is to
telephone the case officer that is nominated at the end of your decision
letter.
That person will be able to discuss the decision, explain any issues and
assist with any problems.
Complaint
If you are dissatisfied with the handling procedures or the decision of
the MPS made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act) regarding
access to information you can lodge a complaint with the MPS to have the
decision reviewed.
Complaints should be made in writing, within forty (40) working days from
the date of the refusal notice, and addressed to:
FOI Complaint
Public Access Office
PO Box 57192
London
SW6 1SF
[email address]
In all possible circumstances the MPS will aim to respond to your
complaint within 20 working days.
The Information Commissioner
After lodging a complaint with the MPS if you are still dissatisfied with
the decision you may make application to the Information Commissioner for
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For information on how to make application to the Information Commissioner
please visit their website at www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk.
Alternatively, phone or write to:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
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Cheshire
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Phone: 01625 545 700
Total Policing is the Met's commitment to be on the streets and in your
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Dear Metropolitan Police Service (MPS),
Please can you provide a copy of the summary from "The Job" mentioned in your reply.
Yours faithfully,
Zoe O'Connell
Dear Ms O'Connell
Freedom of Information Request Reference No: 2012030002805
I respond in connection with your request for information dated 20/03/2012
which was received by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) on 20/03/2012.
I note you seek access to the following information:
Please can you provide a summary of the report written by former MPS
Officer Brian Paddick on the topic of the Met's handling of rape cases as
it appeared "The Job" in Jan 2006 ?
Your request will now be considered in accordance with the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (the Act). You will receive a response within the
statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Act, subject to
the information not being exempt or containing a reference to a third
party. In some circumstances the MPS may be unable to achieve this
deadline. If this is likely you will be informed and given a revised
time-scale at the earliest opportunity.
Some requests may also require either full or partial transference to
another public authority in order to answer your query in the fullest
possible way. Again, you will be informed if this is the case.
COMPLAINT RIGHTS
Your attention is drawn to the attached sheet, which details your right of
complaint.
Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please
contact me on telephone number 020 7230 4019 quoting our reference number.
Yours sincerely
Peter Royan-Posse
Case Investigation Officer
COMPLAINT RIGHTS
Are you unhappy with how your request has been handled or do you think the
decision is incorrect?
You have the right to require the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to
review their decision.
Prior to lodging a formal complaint you are welcome and encouraged to
discuss the decision with the case officer that dealt with your request.
Ask to have the decision looked at again –
The quickest and easiest way to have the decision looked at again is to
telephone the case officer that is nominated at the end of your decision
letter.
That person will be able to discuss the decision, explain any issues and
assist with any problems.
Complaint
If you are dissatisfied with the handling procedures or the decision of
the MPS made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act) regarding
access to information you can lodge a complaint with the MPS to have the
decision reviewed.
Complaints should be made in writing, within forty (40) working days from
the date of the refusal notice, and addressed to:
FOI Complaint
Public Access Office
PO Box 57192
London
SW6 1SF
[email address]
In all possible circumstances the MPS will aim to respond to your
complaint within 20 working days.
The Information Commissioner
After lodging a complaint with the MPS if you are still dissatisfied with
the decision you may make application to the Information Commissioner for
a decision on whether the request for information has been dealt with in
accordance with the requirements of the Act.
For information on how to make application to the Information Commissioner
please visit their website at www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk.
Alternatively, phone or write to:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Phone: 01625 545 700
Total Policing is the Met's commitment to be on the streets and in your
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Dear Ms O'Connell
Freedom of Information Request Reference No: 2012030002805
I respond in connection with your request for information dated 20/03/2012
which was received by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) on 20/03/2012.
I note you seek access to the following information:
Please can you provide a summary of the report written by former MPS
Officer Brian Paddick on the topic of the Met's handling of rape cases as
it appeared "The Job" in Jan 2006?
EXTENT OF SEARCHES TO LOCATE INFORMATION
To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted
within the MPS.
Please find attached information pursuant to your request above.
COMPLAINT RIGHTS
Your attention is drawn to the attached sheet which details your right of
complaint.
Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please
contact me on telephone number 020 7230 4019 quoting our reference number.
Yours sincerely
Peter Royan-Posse
Case Investigation Officer
In complying with their statutory duty under sections 1 and 11 of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 to release the enclosed information, the
Metropolitan Police Service 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 MPS Directorate of Legal
Services, 1st Floor (Victoria Block), New Scotland Yard, Victoria, London,
SW1H 0BG.
COMPLAINT RIGHTS
Are you unhappy with how your request has been handled or do you think the
decision is incorrect?
You have the right to require the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to
review their decision.
Prior to lodging a formal complaint you are welcome and encouraged to
discuss the decision with the case officer that dealt with your request.
Ask to have the decision looked at again –
The quickest and easiest way to have the decision looked at again is to
telephone the case officer that is nominated at the end of your decision
letter.
That person will be able to discuss the decision, explain any issues and
assist with any problems.
Complaint
If you are dissatisfied with the handling procedures or the decision of
the MPS made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act) regarding
access to information you can lodge a complaint with the MPS to have the
decision reviewed.
Complaints should be made in writing, within forty (40) working days from
the date of the refusal notice, and addressed to:
FOI Complaint
Public Access Office
PO Box 57192
London
SW6 1SF
[email address]
In all possible circumstances the MPS will aim to respond to your
complaint within 20 working days.
The Information Commissioner
After lodging a complaint with the MPS if you are still dissatisfied with
the decision you may make application to the Information Commissioner for
a decision on whether the request for information has been dealt with in
accordance with the requirements of the Act.
For information on how to make application to the Information Commissioner
please visit their website at www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk.
Alternatively, phone or write to:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Phone: 01625 545 700
Total Policing is the Met's commitment to be on the streets and in your
communities to catch offenders, prevent crime and support victims. We are
here for London, working with you to make our capital safer.
Consider our environment - please do not print this email unless
absolutely necessary.
NOTICE - This email and any attachments may be confidential, subject to
copyright and/or legal privilege and are intended solely for the use of
the intended recipient. If you have received this email in error, please
notify the sender and delete it from your system. To avoid incurring
legal liabilities, you must not distribute or copy the information in this
email without the permission of the sender. MPS communication systems are
monitored to the extent permitted by law. Consequently, any email and/or
attachments may be read by monitoring staff. Only specified personnel are
authorised to conclude any binding agreement on behalf of the MPS by
email. The MPS accepts no responsibility for unauthorised agreements
reached with other employees or agents. The security of this email and
any attachments cannot be guaranteed. Email messages are routinely scanned
but malicious software infection and corruption of content can still occur
during transmission over the Internet. Any views or opinions expressed in
this communication are solely those of the author and do not necessarily
represent those of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).
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S Smith left an annotation ()
A copy of the report seems to be available online at http://www.truthaboutrape.co.uk/Mar2006M...
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For background, see this piece from the New Statesman today: http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/helen-...