Dear Sir or Madam,

Freedom of Information Act request.

I am requesting certain documents that you may have detailing force
policy and procedure in the management and review of police injury
award pensions prior to the year 2004.

To help you in your search and to direct my enquiry as clearly as
possible I am quoting below a paragraph from Home Office Circular
46/2004, Annex C:

'This Guidance is being issued to help ensure a fairer, more
cohesive approach to the payment of injury benefits to ill-health
retired officers who have reached the compulsory retirement age
with their Force. A recent survey found that practice in this area
was diverse. Some forces automatically reduced degree of
disablement benefits to the lowest banding when this age had been
reached - others continued to pay benefits at the same rate until
the death of the Officer concerned.'

The above quote identifies two categories of forces - A) one group
that automatically reduced degree of disablement benefits to the
lowest banding when compulsory retirement age had been reached and
a second group B) that continued to pay benefits at the same rate
until the death of the Officer concerned.

I am attempting to identify and obtain a copy of documents that
show which category ( A or B) your force would have been included
in prior to receipt of HOC 46/2004.

It may be that your response would be sufficient if you simply tell
me which group your force was in, but if there was a written policy
or procedural document setting out details, then I should like a
copy.

You can send copied documents in any standard digital format.

Your assistance in this matter is very much appreciated.

Yours sincerely,

Ms N. McCall

Dear Ms McCall,

Reference No: 096/2009

Thank you for your request for information dated 29 January 2009 and
received by the Freedom of Information Unit on 30 January 2009 concerning
police injury award pensions. This request will be dealt with under the
terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Your request will now be considered and we aim to provide a response
within the statutory timescale of 20 working days i.e. 27 February 2009 as
defined by the Act, subject to the information not being exempt or
containing a reference to a third party. In some circumstances Dyfed Powys
Police 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.

There may be a fee payable for the retrieval, collation and provision of the
information you request. If this is the case you will be informed and the 20
working day timescale will be suspended until we receive payment from you. If
you choose not to make a payment then your request will remain unanswered.

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.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in
Dyfed Powys Police.

Yours sincerely

Cath Butler

Cath Butler

Swyddog Gweinyddol/Administrative Officer

Uned Rhyddid Gwybodaeth/Freedom of Information Unit

Pencadlys yr Heddlu/Police Headquarters

Caerfyrddin/Carmarthen

Ffon/Tel: 0845 330 2000 est/ext: 23586

Llinell Uniongyrchol/Direct Line: 01267 226596

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Dyfed Powys Police provides you the right to request a re-examination of your
case under its review procedure. If you decide to request such a review and
having followed the Constabulary's full process you are still dissatisfied, then
you have the right to direct your comments to the Information Commissioner who
will give it consideration.

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Dear Ms McCall

Reference No: 096/2009

I write in connection with your request for information dated the 29^th
January 2009 and received on the 30th January 2009 regarding police injury
pension's policy.

Your request has now been considered and firstly I am obliged under S (1)
(a) of The Freedom of Information Act 2000 to tell you whether the
information is held by the force. In relation to the first part of your
request I regret to inform you as outlined in the attached response that
there is no information held however I can confirm that information sought
in relation to the second part of your request is held and provided in the
attached response.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in
Dyfed Powys Police

Yours sincerely

Colin. R. Matthews

Swyddog Rhyddid Gwybodaeth - Freedom of Information Officer

Uned Rhyddid Gwybodaeth - Freedom of Information Unit

Pencadlys Heddlu - Dyfed-Powys Police Headquarters

Caerfyrddin - Carmarthen

Ffon/Tel: 0845 330 2000 est/ext 23444

Uniongyrchol/Direct Line : 01267 226596

e-bost/e-mail - [Dyfed Powys Police request email]

Dyfed Powys Police provides you the right to request a re-examination of your
case under its review procedure (copy enclosed). If you decide to request such a
review and having followed the Force's full process you are still dissatisfied,
then you have the right to direct your comments to the Information Commissioner
who will give it consideration.