Police Injury Pensions Policy

Dear Ms McCall

I write in connection with your request for information which was received
by this office on January 29, 2009. I understand you are requesting the
following information:

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.

Your request will be considered in accordance with the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. You should expect to be sent a response within the
statutory limit of 20 working days, subject to the provisions of the Act.

Should you have any further inquiries concerning this matter, please
contact me quoting my reference number as above.

Yours sincerely

Rebecca Hudson
Assistant Freedom of Information Officer
(01392 452204 (x22204)
Information Management Department
Devon & Cornwall Constabulary

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Dear Ms McCall,

I write in connection with your email dated January 29, 2009, which was
received by this office on January 29, 2009 requesting the following
information:

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.

Following receipt of your request searches were conducted within Devon &
Cornwall Constabulary to locate information relevant to your request. I
can confirm that this constabulary holds some of the information you have
requested. However, Devon & Cornwall Constabulary does not hold a policy
or procedure relating to your above request.

Extent of Searches to Locate Information
To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted
within the Human Resources Department and the Policy Administration
Department.

Decision
I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.

Please find the attached record numbered 1.

Copyright
The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. You are free to use it for your
own purposes, including any non-commercial research you are doing and for
the purposes of news reporting. Any other re-use, for example commercial
publication, would require the permission of the copyright holder. Most
documents supplied by the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary will be our
copyright. Applications for the copyright owner's written permission to
reproduce any part of the attached information should be addressed to The
Force Legal Department, Devon and Cornwall Constabulary, Police
Headquarters, Middlemoor, Exeter, Devon. EX2 7HQ. Information you receive
which is not subject to our copyright continues to be protected by the
copyright of the person, or organisation, from which the information
originated. You must ensure that you gain their permission before
reproducing any third party information.

Complaint Rights
If you are not satisfied with the service you have received in relation to
your request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of our
decision you should write to the Head of Information Management,
Information Management Department, Devon & Cornwall Constabulary,
Middlemoor, Exeter, EX2 7HQ, Devon.

If you are not satisfied with the outcome of your Force complaint or
review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner at
Commissioner's Officer, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire,
SK9 5AF, telephone 01625 545700.

Should you have any further inquiries concerning this matter, please
contact me quoting the reference number above.

Yours sincerely

Rebecca Hudson
Assistant Freedom of Information Officer
(01392 452204 (x22204)
Information Management Department
Devon & Cornwall Constabulary

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