Police Injury Award Pensions

John Jarman made this Freedom of Information request to City of London Police Authority

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From: John Jarman

1 January 2009

Dear City of London Police Authority,

I am making a request for all the information to which I am
entitled under the Freedom Of Information Act. In order to assist
you with this request, I am outlining my query as specifically as
possible. If however this request is too wide or too unclear, I
would be grateful if you could contact me by e-mail, as I
understand that under the act, you are required to advise and
assist requesters.

I would like to know:

1) How many former officers of the City of London Police are
currently in receipt of an injury award pension, as provided for in
the Police Pensions Regulations 1987 and the Police (Injury
Benefit) Regulations 2006?

2) Do you operate a policy of reducing an injury award pension to
the lowest permissible band when the former officer reaches the age
of 65?

3) In the years 2004 to 2008 inclusive, how many former officers’
injury award pensions were reduced to the lowest banding upon the
former officer reaching the age of 65? (A total figure only is
requested, but I have no objection if you break the figures down by
year)

4) In the years 1987 to 2003 inclusive, how many former officers’
injury award pensions were reduced to the lowest banding upon the
former officer reaching the age of 65? (A total figure only is
requested, but I have no objection if you break the figures down by
year)

5) In the years 2004 to 2008 inclusive, how many formal complaints
have been made against officers of ACPO rank in the City of London
Police regarding matters in any way connected with the
administration of reviews of police injury awards? (A total figure
only is requested, but I have no objection if you break the figures
down by year)

I understand that under the FOI Act, I should be entitled to a
response within 20 working days. I look forward to hearing from you
in the near future.

Please note that your full reply to the above questions should be
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request has been made.

Thank you for your assistance in this matter.

Mr. John Jarman

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From: COL - EB - Information Officer
City of London Police Authority

15 January 2009

Following your request for information of 1 January 2009 (with effect from
the first working day thereafter), we respond as follows.

1) How many former officers of the City of London Police are currently in
receipt of an injury award pension, as provided for in the Police Pensions
Regulations 1987 and the Police (Injury Benefit) Regulations 2006?

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2) Do you operate a policy of reducing an injury award pension to the
lowest permissible band when the former officer reaches the age of 65?

No

3) In the years 2004 to 2008 inclusive, how many former officers' injury
award pensions were reduced to the lowest banding upon the former officer
reaching the age of 65? (A total figure only is requested, but I have no
objection if you break the figures down by year)

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4) In the years 1987 to 2003 inclusive, how many former officers' injury
award pensions were reduced to the lowest banding upon the former officer
reaching the age of 65? (A total figure only is requested, but I have no
objection if you break the figures down by year)

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5) In the years 2004 to 2008 inclusive, how many formal complaints have
been made against officers of ACPO rank in the City of London Police
regarding matters in any way connected with the administration of reviews
of police injury awards? (A total figure only is requested, but I have no
objection if you break the figures down by year)

We have no record provided to us by the City of London Police of any such
complaint.

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Freedom of Information Officer, City of London Police, PO Box 36427, 37
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John Jarman left an annotation (13 February 2009)

Notice: If you have been following the Freedom of Information Requests that I have been making through the wonderful facilities provided by the What Do They Know team, then you may like to know that I will be putting the collated results, plus a great deal of other information on line by about the the end of February.

Watch this space for details.

Meanwhile, please sign the petition on the No 10 Downing Street web site, calling on the Home Office to rescind guidance issued in its Circular 46/2004.

The petition is at:

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/HOC-46-...

John

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John Jarman left an annotation (28 April 2009)

If you are a former officer on an injury pension and would like to make contact with an email-based self help group of others then send a message to Eddie at whatsyourforcedoing[AT]yahoo.co.uk Be sure to mention the whatdotheyknow web site.

The results of the research into a vital aspect of Home Office Circular Annex C is now available on line at http://no10petition.blogspot.com/

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