Allegations finalised 'Under Schedule 3 - investigated' (2%) - a Freedom of Information request to Merseyside Police

Your email to the Merseyside Police Freedom of Information (FOI) in box is
acknowledged.

If it contains an initial (new) request under FOI it will be dealt with in
accordance with section 10 of the Act which means that you are entitled to
receive a response no later than 20 working days after the first working
day* on which your request is received.

Other arrangements may apply if a fees notice is issued or if the time
period is extended in order that public interest considerations of our
response may take place. Section 10 also allows public authorities to
apply variations to the normal 20 working day timescale in some limited
circumstances.

Due to the volume of e-mail correspondence and FOI applications received,
the Force regrets that individual acknowledgement e-mails will not be sent
even if specifically requested.

If the correspondence cannot be dealt with as FOI, it will be forwarded
internally and you will be advised of the location. Any related
communication must be direct to the identified location and not the FOI
e-mail address.

*The ‘working day’ is defined as any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday,
Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday under the
Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in any part of the United Kingdom.
The first reckonable day is the working day after the working day of
receipt.

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.

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Good Afternoon,

I write in connection with your FOI request for information, in which you
seek access to the following information:

Police Complaints

Following receipt of your request, enquiries were conducted within
Merseyside Police to locate information relevant to your request. The
information requested is held by Merseyside Police, however, to provide
the information requested in full would exceed the 18- hour time/cost
limit. The information is not held in a readily retrievable format and
would require a detailed manual review of a large volume of case files and
open-source research. This email therefore serves as a Refusal Notice.

Section 17, Freedom of Information Act, 2000, requires Merseyside Police,
when refusing to provide such information (because the information is
exempt) to provide you the applicant with a notice which:

(a) states that fact,

(b) specifies the exemption(s) in question and

(c) states (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption
applies.

Reason for Decision:

[1]Section 12(1) states that information need not be disclosed if the cost
of locating/retrieving that information exceeds the ‘appropriate level’ of
£450, or 18 hours based on a cost of £25 per hour. The majority of the
information requested has been disclosed.

Please see attached response table for full breakdown of exemptions used
in this case.

Kind regards,

Alex McCausland

Data Access Analyst

CJ Data Access

Complaint Rights

Your attention is drawn to the information following this response, which
details your rights of review and of complaint.

Making a complaint or appeal about your Freedom of Information response

We accept that sometimes you may not agree with the decision we’ve made
about your Freedom of Information request. If this is the case there is an
internal complaints procedure that should be followed.

You can make your internal review request by email to
[2][Merseyside Police request email] or in writing to:

Freedom of Information Team

Data Access Unit
Merseyside Police

PO BOX 59

LIVERPOOL

L69 1JD

It should detail:

What the original request was

The nature of the complaint

Why you feel you should have received more information

Your complaint will be fully investigated and will be dealt with by a
staff member who was not involved in the original decision. We will write
to you to advise the outcome of your complaint.

If you are dissatisfied with the results of your complaint you have the
right to appeal to the Information Commissioner. He can be contacted at:

The Office of the Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow

Cheshire SK9 5AF

More information is available from the Information Commissioner's website

[3]http://www.ico.org.uk

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as possible. This footnote confirms that all reasonable steps have been
taken to ensure that this email message has been swept for the presence of
computer viruses. The views expressed in this communication may not
necessarily be the views of Merseyside Police. All communications,
including telephone calls and electronic messages to and from Merseyside
Police may be subject to monitoring and recording.
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References

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1. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/200...
2. mailto:[Merseyside Police request email]
3. http://www.ico.org.uk/