Cost of July 2019 PCC Election

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Dear Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner,

A request for the total cost of the July 2019 PCC election

Yours faithfully,

John Walley

Enquiries, Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner

Dear Mr Walley,

Subject: Freedom of Information Acknowledgement – Reference 402019.

I refer to the request, which you have made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for records held by this office.

Your request was received by this department on 20 July 2019.

A final decision on your request would normally be sent to you within 20 working days of receipt of your request. This means that you can expect to receive your decision by 16 August 2019.

There are some limited situations under the Freedom of Information Act, which could mean that the period for a final decision may be longer than the normal 20 working days. If this occurs in your request, we will promptly advise you in writing.

Should our final decision not reach you on time, please feel free to contact the officer named to discuss any problems that may have arisen.

If you have not heard from us once the allotted time has expired, you are automatically entitled to appeal to this department for a review of the matter. This review is a full and new examination of the matter, and is carried out by a more senior member of staff of this office.

In the event that you need to make such an appeal, you can do so by writing to Kevin Payne of this department at the details given below. You should state that you are appealing because an initial decision was not sent to you within the time permitted. In that event, you would normally have 40 days (after the original decision should have been sent to you) in which time to make the appeal.

Best Wishes.

Kevin

Kevin Payne
Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner - Northumbria

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Enquiries, Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner

Dear Mr Walley,

I am writing further to your FOI request below and can respond as follows.

The OPCC had no role in administering the recent PCC by-election, this was facilitated by Sunderland City Council.

Therefore, the OPCC hold no information relevant to your request.

Best Wishes.

Kevin

Kevin Payne
Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner - Northumbria

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Dear FOI Officer,

Thank you for your prompt reply.

I appreciate that the office of the PCC has to be totally independent of the formal election process, as suggested I have forwarded this FOI request to Sunderland City council.

Yours sincerely,

John Walley

John Walley left an annotation ()

It seemed reasonable that the PCC would be aware of the total cost of a PCC election. if just to understand the impact on the local tax payers.

Acknowledge that the PCC office has to be distant from the actual running of any election, so accept this response and have submitted again to Sunderland City Council.