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Dear Essex Police,

Essex Police Pension Board meeting minutes since 8 February 2021.

Your web site states the Pension Board meets 3 times per year.

I have searched your web site and can not find any referance to any Pension Board meetings since the aforementioned.

Have there been any Pension Board meetings since 8 February 2021?

If so how many, when, who was present and where are the minutes?

Please supply copies of all such meetings.

Yours faithfully,

Joun Smith

Info Rights Freedom Essex, Essex Police

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Thank you for your Freedom of information (FOI) request logged under the
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The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) places two duties on public
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Unless exemptions apply, the first duty (at [1]Section 1(1)(a)) is to
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The second duty (at [2]Section 1(1)(b)) is to disclose information that
has been confirmed as being held.   

  

Information Request 

Essex Police Pension Board meeting minutes since 8 February 2021.

Your web site states the Pension Board meets 3 times per year.

I have searched your web site and can not find any referance to any
Pension Board meetings since the aforementioned.

Have there been any Pension Board meetings since 8 February 2021?

If so how many, when, who was present and where are the minutes?

Please supply copies of all such meetings.

 

FOI Duty  

First Duty – Essex Police does hold information relating to all of your
request.

Second Duty – see below and attached:

Fact – see below and attached:

Exemption – not applicable:

 

We are able to provide the following and the attached:

 

Caveat: The statements and attached documents are correct as at
31/05/2022.

 

There have been two meetings since 08 February 2021, the attendees are
detailed below:

 

Minutes of Essex Police Pensions Board – attached:

04 July 2021 – 5 attendees

08 November 2021 – 6 attendees

 

Further information on the Essex Police Pension Board can be reviewed
through our publication scheme by the following link:

[3]Essex Police Pension Board | Essex Police

 

Please note the above request will be included within our [4]Publication
Scheme. 

  

Essex Police trusts that the links and information provided is of
assistance.  Thank you for your interest in Essex Police.  

 

Kind regards

 

FOI Team | Information Management Department | Information Rights Section
| Essex Police

Telephone: 101 | Email: [5][Essex Police request email]

Address: Information Management Department, Information Rights Section,
Essex Police HQ, PO Box 2, Chelmsford CM2 6DA 

 

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Essex Police have developed a publication strategy, our aim is to reduce
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public to include previous and combined FOI requests together with
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Please note, if you require further information or wish to resubmit a
request please refer to the information found on the Commissioner’s
website regarding submission of effective requests:
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Your right to complain

 

If you feel your request has not been properly handled, or you are
otherwise dissatisfied with the outcome of your request you have the right
to complain.

 

Complaints should be submitted within 20 working days from the date of
this response and should be addressed to the Information Rights Manager at
the above address or by email to: [9]info.rights.freedom@essex. police.uk

 

We will conduct a review to investigate your complaint and endeavour to
reply within 20 working days. Please explain which aspect of the
disclosure you are not satisfied with, and if your complaint concerns the
decision to apply an exemption, please specify if you wish an internal
review to take place and why you believe the exemption does not apply.

 

If you are still dissatisfied following our review, you have the right
under of the [10]Section 50 FOIA  to complain directly to the Information
Commissioner. Before considering your complaint, the Information
Commissioner would normally expect you to have exhausted the complaints
procedures provided by Essex Police.

 

The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
5AF or via [11]https://ico.org.uk/

From: Info Rights Freedom Essex <[Essex Police request email]>
Sent: 31 May 2022 16:53
To: Joun Smith <[FOI #866612 email]>
Subject: FOI 17126 Pension Board Minutes since 08 Feb 2021

 

Thank you for your enquiry which has been logged under the above
reference. 

Please note that Essex Police are actively publishing information within
our publication scheme webpage, information supplied as part of this
request could be used within the scheme. Please click on the following
link to search details of existing publications
[12]https://www.essex.police.uk/foi-ai/af/ac....

Under the Freedom of Information Act we are required to reply within 20
working days.  The Act does not specify a limit to the number of
information requests a public authority may receive or the number of
requests or questions an applicant may submit.  However, there are
exemptions in the Act that can apply and these include where the cost of
complying with the request would extend beyond the reasonable cost limit,
(currently 18 hours or £450), or if the request is otherwise manifestly
unreasonable in its scope or nature. 

Requests that ask a great many questions, or a number of detailed requests
submitted at the same time, may make it necessary for Essex Police to
refuse the requests wholly or in part. The exemption at Section 14 may be
engaged if the burden on the authority is increased through multiple
requests on differing subjects.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has responsibility for
providing oversight and guidance for the legislation and they have
produced advice for applicants on submitting effective requests.  Further
information can be found on the Commissioner’s website at
[13]www.ico.gov.uk, specific information relating to submitting a request
can be found at:
[14]https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/offici...

While we process your request, please take the time to consider the ICO’s
advice and whether you feel it may be beneficial to amend or refine your
request.  Our team is happy to discuss your request with you and will be
able to provide advice as to what kind of information will be available
from Essex Police.

Although every effort will be made to ensure a response is provided within
statutory deadlines, due to current circumstances, delays may be
unavoidable.  We apologise for any inconvenience and will endeavour to
process your request as quickly as is practicable.

Please ensure all future enquiries are sent to the
[15][Essex Police request email] mailbox.

Kind regards

FOI Team | Information Management Department | Information Rights Section
| Essex Police

Telephone: 101 | Email: [16][Essex Police request email]

Address: Information Management Department, Information Rights Section,
Essex Police HQ, PO Box 2, Chelmsford CM2 6DA (for Sat Nav directions, use
CM2 6DN for HQ)

Information Management aspires to be: Helpful, Inclusive & Professional

Essex Police have developed a publication strategy, our aim is to reduce
the demand within the FOI Department and to provide knowledge to the
public to include previous and combined FOI requests together with
relevant links and information.

Please visit this area of our website before submitting FOI requests as
information may already be available.

[17]https://www.essex.police.uk/foi-ai/af/ac...

Please note, if you require further information or wish to resubmit a
request please refer to the information found on the Commissioner’s
website regarding submission of effective requests:
[18]https://www.ico.org.uk/for_the_public/of...

Your right to complain

If you feel your request has not been properly handled, or you are
otherwise dissatisfied with the outcome of your request you have the right
to complain.

Complaints should be submitted within 20 working days from the date of
this response and should be addressed to the Senior Information Officer at
the above address or by email to: [19]info.rights.freedom@essex. police.uk

We will conduct a review to investigate your complaint and endeavour to
reply within 20 working days.

Please explain which aspect of the reply you are not satisfied with, and
if your complaint concerns the decision to apply an exemption it would
assist the review if you would outline why you believe the exemption does
not apply.

If you are still dissatisfied following our review, you have the right
under Section 50 of the Act to complain directly to the Information
Commissioner. Before considering your complaint, the Information
Commissioner would normally expect you to have exhausted the complaints
procedures provided by Essex Police.

The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
5AF or via [20]https://ico.org.uk/

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