Conservative Party Autumn Conference 2011

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Dear Greater Manchester Police,

For the security vetting/accreditation procedure carried out for the Conservative Party Autumn Conference 2011, please can you supply:

1) A copy of any equalities impact assessment carried out in relation either to the vetting procedure or overall policing.

2) A copy of procedures put in place for handling vetting for any minorities groups that might have been adversely affected by the process, if any.

The total number of people who:
3) Applied to be accredited...

4) ...and were then approved.

5) ...and were then rejected...
a) ...but the party permitted entry anyway.
b) ...but the party did not permit entry.

6) ...but did not complete the process...
a) ...because the police did not complete the process in time.
b) ...because the individual did not complete the process. (e.g. documents still pending by conference date, or they explicitly withdrew)

For each of the above, please break down if possible the number of people who applied by category, e.g. Members/Party Staff, Media, Exhibitors etc.

7) The estimated cost of the vetting process.

Yours faithfully,

Zoe O'Connell

Greater Manchester Police

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From: Zoe O'Connell <[FOI #87982 email]>
To: FOI requests at Greater Manchester Police
<[Greater Manchester Police request email]>
Date: 03/10/2011 13:02
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Conservative Party Autumn
Conference 2011

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     Dear Greater Manchester Police,
   
    For the security vetting/accreditation procedure carried out for
    the Conservative Party Autumn Conference 2011, please can you
    supply:
   
    1) A copy of any equalities impact assessment carried out in
    relation either to the vetting procedure or overall policing.
   
    2) A copy of procedures put in place for handling vetting for any
    minorities groups that might have been adversely affected by the
    process, if any.
   
    The total number of people who:
    3) Applied to be accredited...
   
    4) ...and were then approved.
   
    5) ...and were then rejected...
    a) ...but the party permitted entry anyway.
    b) ...but the party did not permit entry.
   
    6) ...but did not complete the process...
    a) ...because the police did not complete the process in time.
    b) ...because the individual did not complete the process. (e.g.
    documents still pending by conference date, or they explicitly
    withdrew)
   
    For each of the above, please break down if possible the number of
    people who applied by category, e.g. Members/Party Staff, Media,
    Exhibitors etc.
   
    7) The estimated cost of the vetting process.
   
    Yours faithfully,
   
    Zoe O'Connell
   
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Dear Madam,

Please find attached correspondence in relation to the above request.

Kind regards

Corine Phipps
Information Access Officer
Greater Manchester Police
Information Access Team
Information Services Branch - Business Operations
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Dear Madam,

Please find attached a response to the above request.

Kind regards
Corine Phipps
Information Access Officer
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Dear Madam,

Re: Answer to Question 7.

In order to put the figure in answer to question 7 into context, please
note the figure is for the National Accreditation work which covered all
three main political party conferences.

Kind regards

Corine Phipps
Information Access Officer
Greater Manchester Police
Information Access Team
Information Services Branch - Business Operations
External Tel: 0161 856 2528/2529
Internal Tel: 62528/62529
Fax: 0161 856 2535
Email: [email address]

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