The British National Party

Dear Sir or Madam,

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him
by paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Police Regulations 2003 (S.I.
2003/527), and having complied with the requirements of regulation
46, has determined that, with effect from 1st January 2005, there
shall be inserted before Annex A of the Determinations under the
Police Regulations 2003 the following Annex:

“ANNEX AA Regulation 6 Schedule 1
RESTRICTIONS ON THE PRIVATE LIFE OF MEMBERS OF POLICE FORCES

No member of a police force may be a member of any of the following
organisations-
a) the British National Party;
b) Combat 18;
c) the National Front.”

I would like to request the following information under the Freedom
of Information Act

1. Prior to 1st January 2005 had any members of your Police Force
been disciplined in connection with membership of:-
a) the British National Party;
b) Combat 18; or
c) the National Front

Please provide details of how many and the outcomes of such
disciplinary procedures if any.

2. After 1st January 2005 have any members of your Police Force
been disciplined in connection with membership of:-
a) the British National Party;
b) Combat 18; or
c) the National Front

Please provide details of how many and the outcomes of such
disciplinary procedures if any.

3. After 1st January 2005 did you review the Human Rights
implications of the restriction? Please supply minutes and other
documentation relating to such a review.

4. The restriction relates to membership. Do you consider that
there is any restriction on a member of your Police Force:-
a) donating to the British National Party
b) subscribing to a British National Party publication
c) purchasing goods from the British National Party
d) signing a petition in favour of the British National Party
e) signing a nomination form for a British National Party candidate

Yours sincerely

Mark Walker
Solidarity Trades Union

solidaritytradeunion.org

Dear Sir

I am writing to request an internal review of West Yorkshire
Police's
handling of my FOI request submitted on 6th Oct 2009. The
statutory 20 working days has now passed. The normal 20 working day
limit can be extended under section 10(3) if a qualified exemption
is engaged and additional time is required to consider the public
interest. In order to extend the deadline in accordance with
section 10(3) the authority must inform the applicant of this fact
within the 20 working day deadline and provide him/her with a
revised response deadline “that is reasonable in the
circumstances”. I have not been informed of the need for any
extension and my complaint has not been answered.

I believe that section 10(1) of the FOI Act has been breached,
given that no letter was sent extending the deadline under Section
10(3).

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/th...

Yours sincerely

Mark Walker
Solidarity Trade Union
www.solidaritytradeunion.org