Dear Mr McGartland,

Subject: Freedom of Information Acknowledgement – Reference 441314

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

Your request dated 13 March 2014 was received by this department on 14th March 2014.

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 11th April 2014.

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 call the contact 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.

Yours sincerely.

Kevin Payne
Business Administration Apprentice

Office of Mrs Vera Baird QC
Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria

Victory House
Balliol Business Park
Benton Lane
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE12 8EW

T: (0191) 221 9815
E: [email address]  
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Dear Mr McGartland,

 

Subject: Freedom of Information Acknowledgement – Reference 441314

 

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 14 March 2014.

As you may be aware the purpose of the Act is to allow a general right of
access to information held by a Public Authority (including the Police
Crime Commissioner), subject to certain limitations and exemptions.
 
You asked:

The following has been claimed; :APRIL 2013,  23.04.13  UK CEDAW Shadow
Report Meeting Standard Rail Return from Newcastle to London £200.64" And
"October 2013,  07.10.13 Meeting of the Criminal Justice Board and APCC
General Meeting, Standard Return Rail travel from Newcastle to London
£200.64"

 

Under Freedom of Information act 2000 I am requesting following
information;

 

1.  Was any of the above rail tickets for first class travel?

 

2.  Please explain reason why above 2 standard rail tickets between
Newcastle and London cost over £200 each.

 

3.  Regards 1 and 2 above. Please supply full details of type of both
above tickets.

 

Regards, Register of gifts & hospitality;
[1]http://www.northumbria-pcc.gov.uk/node/263 and following, "19 May, 2013
- Guest of Northumbrian Water at St James Park to attend Newcastle v
Arsenal game.

The cost of the ticket and meal is estimated to be £70.00" as well as
"Chief Executive of the Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner Elaine
Snaith 19 May, 2013 - Guest of Northumbrian Water at St James Park to
attend Newcastle v Arsenal game. The cost of the ticket and meal is
estimated to be £70.00."

 

4.  Why did Northumbrian Water pay £140.00 on meals and football tickets
for Vera Baird and Elaine Smaith?

 

5.  There appears to be no further entries on the 'Register of gifts &
hospitality' after 19th May 2013.  Please supply all recorded information,
if any, of all gifts and hospitality for both Vera Baird and Elaine
Snaith. I would like this information to cover dates between 20th May 2013
and up until the date this request is answered.

 

In response:

We have now had the opportunity to fully consider your request and I
provide a response for your attention.
1. No.

2. You will need to contact East Coast regarding their price structure.
The tickets to which you refer are for return train travel, standard
class.

3. The information is published on our website.

4. The Commissioner and the Chief Executive were invited as guests of
Northumbrian Water. No cost was incurred by the OPCC.

5. The information on our website is correct as of 31 March 2014.

You may be interested to know that the Northumbria Police and Crime
Commissioner routinely publish information via the Disclosure Log. The aim
of the Disclosure Log is to promote openness and transparency by
voluntarily placing information into the public arena.

The Disclosure Log contains copies of some of the information that has
been disclosed by the Northumbria Police & Crime Commissioner in response
to requests made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

The Disclosure Log will be updated quarterly.

I have provided the relevant link below.

[2]http://www.northumbria-pcc.gov.uk/transp...

The information we have supplied to you is likely to contain intellectual
property rights of the Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner. Your use
of the information must be strictly in accordance with the Copyright
Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended) or such other applicable
legislation. In particular, you must not re-use this information for any
commercial purpose.

How to complain

If you are unhappy with our decision or do not consider that we have
handled your request properly and we are unable to resolve this issue
informally, you are entitled to make a formal complaint to us under our
complaints procedure which I have attached.

If you are still unhappy after we have investigated your complaint and
reported to you the outcome, you may complain directly to the Information
Commissioner’s Office and request that they investigate to ascertain
whether we have dealt with your request in accordance with the Act.

 

Yours sincerely.

 

Kevin

Kevin Payne
Business Administration Apprentice

Office of Mrs Vera Baird QC
Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria

Victory House

Balliol Business Park

Benton Lane

Newcastle upon Tyne

Tyne and Wear

NE12 8EW

 

T: (0191) 221 9815

E: [3][email address]  

W:  [4]www.northumbria-pcc.gov.uk 

 

Follow us on: [5]Twitter@northumbriapcc

Like us at: [6]facebook.com/Vera.Baird.QC

 

 

  Half of the money recovered from criminals and seized by [8]pccemaillogo
Northumbria police gets taken by the Treasury. We want
ALL the money recovered to be invested back into our
communities.
[7]Follow this link to sign the petition.

 

 

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