Applicants Received for Vacancy Bulletins

The request was successful.

Dear Police Service of Northern Ireland,

Can you provide me with the following information in relation to the vacancy bulletins for D/Sergeants and D/Inspectors in the C4 Ops Centre which closed on 16th March 2018:

1) How many applicants applied for the D/Sergeant role?

2) How many of these applicants for D/Sergeant are currently employed within C4?

3) How many vacancies for D/Sergeant currently exist for this role?

4) How many applicants applied for the D/Inspector role?

5) How many of these applicants for D/Inspector are currently employed within C4?

6) How many vacancies for D/Inspector currently exist for this role?

Yours faithfully,

Mr M Glen

Dear Police Service of Northern Ireland,

My full name is Mr Mark Glen.

Yours faithfully,

Mr M Glen

Police Service of Northern Ireland

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20th March 2018

Dear Mr. Glen,

FREEDOM of INFORMATION ACT 2000

I write in connection with your request for information dated 19th March
2018 which was received by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI)
on 19th March 2018.  I note you seek access to the following information:

Applicants Received for Vacancy Bulletins

This request will be dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. A response should be sent to you within 20 working
days however I would like to advise you that PSNI are currently
experiencing a delay in the processing of requests and we aim to respond
to your request as soon as possible.

If your request is unclear and clarification is required the 20 day
legislative time limit dictated by the Freedom of Information Act 2000
will be stopped until we receive clarification of your request. The ICO
guidance at paragraph 40 of the link below sets out that the clock begins
anew the day after the clarification is received. It states

“If the requester subsequently provides enough detail to enable the
authority to identify and locate the information, then the authority must
respond to the clarified request within a new 20 working day time limit
with the ‘clock’ starting the day after it receives the required
clarification. “

The link for this is:

[1]https://ico.org.uk/media/for-organisatio...

In the event where the cost of complying with the request would exceed the
“appropriate level”, which is fixed at £450, as stated in the Freedom of
Information Regulations 2004, it is the policy of the PSNI to close the
request. You will however be notified of this decision and given an
opportunity to refine and resubmit the request.

If your request requires either full or partial transference to another
public authority in order to answer your query, again, you will be
notified.

If you have any queries regarding your request please write or contact the
Freedom of Information Team on 028 9070 0164. Please remember to quote the
reference number listed above in any future communications with the
Freedom of Information Team.

If you are dissatisfied in any way with the handling of your request, you
have the right to request a review. You should do this as soon as
possible, or in any case within two months of the date of issue of this
letter. In the event that you require a review to be undertaken, you can
do so by writing to the Head of Freedom of Information, PSNI Headquarters,
65 Knock Road, Belfast, BT5 6LE or by emailing [email address]. 

If following an internal review, carried out by an independent decision
maker, you were to remain dissatisfied in any way with the handling of the
request you may make a complaint, under Section 50 of the Freedom of
Information Act, to the Information Commissioner’s Office and ask that
they investigate whether the PSNI has complied with the terms of the
Freedom of Information Act.  You can write to the Information Commissioner
at Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. In most circumstances the Information
Commissioner will not investigate a complaint unless an internal review
procedure has been carried out, however the Commissioner has the option to
investigate the matter at his discretion.

Yours sincerely,

FOI Decision Maker
FOI Unit
PSNI HQ Brooklyn

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Dear Police Service of Northern Ireland,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Police Service of Northern Ireland's handling of my FOI request 'Applicants Received for Vacancy Bulletins'.

PSNI has failed to respond to my requests within the legislative timelines provided under FOI.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/a...

Yours faithfully,

Mr M Glen

Police Service of Northern Ireland

This e-mail has been marked OFFICIAL [PUBLIC];

Dear Mr Glen,

Thank you for your email. It is not PSNI policy to carry out a review
until a response has been received by a requestor.

Unfortunately, the PSNI is currently experiencing a delay in processing
Freedom of Information and Data Protection requests and we are advising
requesters of this delay in our initial acknowledgement email.

 

The Freedom of Information and Data Protection Unit is dealing with a high
volume of requests and reduced staffing levels which has impacted on our
ability to issue responses within the legislative time-frame. I can assure
you that all our requests are being progressed as quickly as possible and
please accept my apologies for any inconvenience this has caused you. Your
request has been allocated to a decision maker.

Regards,

 

Alison

 

Alison

FOI and Data Protection

Corporate Information Branch

PSNI Headquarters Brooklyn

02890 700164

 

 

 

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Subject:        FOI-2018-00686
12th June 2018

Dear Mr. Glen,

FREEDOM of INFORMATION ACT 2000

I write in connection with your request for information dated 19th March
2018 which was received by the Police Service of Northern Ireland on  19th
March 2018 concerning:

Applications Received for Vacancy Bulletins In C4

 

Please find attached response to your request.

 

Yours sincerely

Alison

FOI Decision Maker
FOI Unit
PSNI HQ Brooklyn

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