Chief Officer Group Vehicles

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Geoffrey Goodfellow

Dear West Mercia Police,

I request the below information under the Freedom of Information
Act 2000:-

1.) The make, model and specification (full specification from the
purchase) of each vehicle allocated to each member of police staff
and police officer making up the Chief Officer Group.
2.) The cost of purchase for each vehicle and the date of purchase
3.) Confirm or negate whether each vehicle is equipped with
emergency lighting and audible equipment (sirens and klaxons - whether overt or covert)
4.) The current police driving qualification (standard / response /
advanced) of each member of police staff and officer that makes up
Chief Officer Group together with the date that the said member
passed their driving qualification or indeed the last date they
were reassessed against the requirements of the driving
qualification
5.) The most common marked police vehicle currently in use by your
force
6.) The cost (average cost if necessary) for the purchase of the
most commonly purchased vehicle as per question 5.

I am conscious that claim may be laid with regards to exemptions
being available in respect of my questions relating to costings
under Section 43(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000
(Commercial Interests). Nonetheless, I would like to reassure you
that other forces have provided this information and I would ask
that, should you consider applying this exemption, you consider
carefully the difference between 'commercial interests' and
'financial interests' as I do not feel the release of such
information would indeed prejudice any further commercial interests
but simply allow your force to be accountable with regards to the
expenditure of public finances.

I look forward to your response.

Yours faithfully,

Geoffrey Goodfellow

Information Compliance West Mercia, West Mercia Police

 
 
Dear Mr Goodfellow
 
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: RFI7048/1
 
I write in connection with your request for information dated and received
on 02nd February 2016.
 
Your request will now be considered in accordance with the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (the Act).  You will receive a response within the
statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Act, subject to
the information not being exempt or containing a reference to a third
party.  In some circumstances West Mercia Police may be unable to achieve
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Yours sincerely
 
 
Sue Cale
Information Compliance Assistant
Information Compliance Unit
Warwickshire Police & West Mercia Police
P O Box 55
Hindlip  WR3 8SP
 
DD 01905 331545 (Ext. 2545)
[email address]
 
 

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Information Compliance West Mercia, West Mercia Police

 
Dear Mr Goodfellow
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: RFI 7048/16
I write in connection with your request for information which was received
on 2nd February 2016.  Please find below the response to your request:
1.) The make, model and specification (full specification from the
purchase) of each vehicle allocated to each member of police staff and
police officer making up the Chief Officer Group.
2.) The cost of purchase for each vehicle and the date of purchase
3.) Confirm or negate whether each vehicle is equipped with emergency
lighting and audible equipment (sirens and klaxons - whether overt or
covert)
REPLY: Please be advised that information for questions 1 and 3 is
available on the force website has been previously disclosed under FOI
reference 6788.
[1]https://westmercia.police.uk/disclosure-...
 
The costs and dates of purchase of the vehicles were as follows:
BMW 330 - £28,753.32. 13/02/2015
Landrover Discovery - £35,430.67. 11/09/2014
Landrover Freelander - £30,314.11. 30/07/2014
Mini Cooper - £20,365.44. 11/11/2014
 
4.) The current police driving qualification (standard / response /
advanced) of each member of police staff and officer that makes up Chief
Officer Group together with the date that the said member passed their
driving qualification or indeed the last date they were reassessed against
the requirements of the driving qualification.
REPLY: Your request for information has now been considered and I am not
obliged to supply the information you have requested.
 
Section 17 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 requires West Mercia
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 in question and (c) states (if that
would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption applies.
 
The exemption applicable to the information is:
 
Section 40 (2)  Personal information
This is an absolute exemption
 
Please be advised that any information released as a result of a Freedom
of Information request, in effect, is being released into the public
domain. Therefore, it could subsequently be published or would have to be
made available to any member of the public if it were requested.
 
Any information that relates to an individual, or from which an individual
could be identified, constitutes personal data and to release information
that constitutes personal data into the public domain contravenes the Data
Protection Act 1998. The information that you have requested relates to
personal data of a third party/parties and therefore it is exempt from
disclosure, the exemption that applies to this type of information is
Section 40 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
 
In accordance with the Act, this letter represents a Refusal Notice for
this part of the request.
 
5.) The most common marked police vehicle currently in use by your force
6.) The cost (average cost if necessary) for the purchase of the most
commonly purchased vehicle as per question 5.
REPLY:
Vauxhall Astra J 1.6CDTI (136PS) S/S.
The cost of this vehicle including commission is £14517.59
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided by our
Transport Department is as accurate as possible.
Your attention is drawn to the below which details your right of
complaint.
Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write
or telephone the Information Compliance Unit quoting the reference number
above.
Yours sincerely
 
Mrs R Williams
Information Compliance Unit
Warwickshire Police & West Mercia Police
PO Box 55
Hindlip
Worcester
WR3 8SP
01905 331545 / 331565
 
West Mercia Police in complying with their statutory duty under sections 1
and 11 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to release the enclosed
information will not breach the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
However, the rights of the copyright owner of the enclosed information
will continue to be protected by law. Applications for the copyright
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information should be addressed to The Force Solicitor, West Mercia Police
Headquarters, PO Box 55, Hindlip, Worcester, WR3 8SP.
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