Corporate Information Management Department

Force Headquarters, PO Box 37, Valley Road,

Portishead, Bristol, BS20 8QJ

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Private Our Reference 975 /14

Kristina Jessick
Your reference  
[1][FOI #229054 email]
Date 11^th
  September
2014
 

 

Dear Ms Jessick,

 

I write in connection with your request for information dated 10^th
September 2014 concerning injury pensions and awards. This request will be
dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

Your request will now be considered and you will receive a response within
the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Act. In some
circumstances Avon and Somerset Constabulary may be unable to achieve this
deadline if consideration needs to be given to the public interest test.
If this is likely you will be informed and given a revised time-scale at
the earliest opportunity.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

C Quartey

 

Freedom of Information Officer

Corporate Information Management Department

 

Please note;

1.     Requests and responses may be published on Avon and Somerset
Constabulary’s website (within 24 hours), some of which may contain a link
to additional information, which may provide you with further
clarification.

2.     Whilst we may verbally discuss your request with you in order to
seek clarification, all other communication should be made in writing.

3.     Avon and Somerset Constabulary provides you with the right to
request a re-examination of your case under its review procedure.

 

 

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Corporate Information Management Department

Force Headquarters, PO Box 37, Valley Road,

Portishead, Bristol, BS20 8QJ

Facsimile 01275 814667

    

 

Private Our reference 975/14

Kristina Jessick Your reference  

[FOI #229054 email] Date 07 October 2014

   

 

Dear Ms Jessick

 

I write in connection with your request for information dated 10^th
September concerning correspondence between Julian Kern and any person
holding a HR post which relate to police injury pensions and awards.

 

Specifically you asked: “The Director of Resources Julian Kern has
delegated responsibility from the Chief Constable  to administer the
powers and duties of the Chief Constable as the Police Pensions Authority.

 

I would also ask for copies of any emails, memos, or other recorded means
of communication, from Kern to any person holding a HR post which relate
to police injury pensions and awards, and the replies to any such emails. 
I wish for the date period for the disclosure to be from the 1st January
2013 to the present - 10th September.”

 

Mr Kern did not have delegated pension responsibility until May 2014,
therefore the information has been provided as such. You will notice some
redactions have been made, and one email that was retrieved has not been
provided.  In addition one email (dated 19^th August 2014) that had two
attachments which are personal letters. These have also been withheld.

 

The exemption applicable the email and the redactions is Section 40(2),
third party personal information. This is an Absolute exemption so
therefore there is no requirement to conduct a harm or public interest
test. Any information is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of
Information Act if it relates to or is supplied by another individual and
disclosure of that information would contravene any of the principles of
the 1998 Data Protection Act, in this particular case, disclosure of this
information would contravene Principles 1 and 2 of the Act, whereby
personal data shall be processed fairly and lawfully and only obtained for
one or more specified purpose or purposes.  This does not just apply to
where names appear in the correspondence, it applies to all instances
where an individual can be identified.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

C Quartey

 

Freedom of Information Officer

Corporate Information Management Department

 

Please note;

1.     Requests and responses may be published on Avon and Somerset
Constabulary’s website (within 24 hours), some of which may contain a link
to additional information, which may provide you with further
clarification.

2.     Whilst we may verbally discuss your request with you in order to
seek clarification, all other communication should be made in writing.

3.     Avon and Somerset Constabulary provides you with the right to
request a re-examination of your case under its review procedure (copy
enclosed).

 

 

 

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