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

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30 January 2009

Dear N McCall,

FREEDOM of INFORMATION ACT 2000

Thank you for your request for Information, received at this office on 30
January 2009, in which you requested details of the following:

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.

Your request will now be considered and 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 Suffolk Constabulary 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 chose 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.

We anticipate being able to provide you with information that you have
requested by 27 February 2009.

Should you need to discuss this further please contact Elaine Fisk, on the
below details

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in
Suffolk Constabulary.

Yours sincerely,

Elaine Fisk

Freedom of Information Team

Elaine Fisk
FOI Assistant
Information Compliance Section
Suffolk Constabulary
01473 613919

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Dear Ms McCall

Thank you for your request for information dated 29 January 2009 concerning Police Injury Pensions Policy.

This is to inform you that all information relating to your request has been collated and my response is attached. This request is now complete and shall be closed.

Should any further information be requested regarding this topic, a separate request will need to be submitted.

Should you need to discuss this further please contact me, on 01473 613919

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in Suffolk Constabulary.

Yours sincerely,

Clair Pack
Freedom of Information Coordinator

Clair Pack
FOI Coordinator

Elaine Fisk
FOI Assistant

Suffolk Constabulary PHQ
01473 613919
[Suffolk Constabulary request email]

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