Gender Space UK
Dear Merseyside Police,
Please clarify the following:
1. Who is gender space UK and what association are they to Merseyside Police.
2. What vetting has Merseyside Police completed of Gender Space UK, run by one of your officers Sgt Owens.
3. How many times have Merseyside Police used the services of Gender Space UK and what was the cost of this?
4. Who in Merseyside Police have permission for the use of official photographs in uniform associating with Gender Space UK on their website?
For the avoidance of doubt the website is https://www.genderspaceuk.com/
Yours faithfully,
Dan Peers
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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
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the Force regrets that individual acknowledgement e-mails will not be sent
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Good morning Mr. Peers,
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Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted within
Merseyside Police to locate information relevant to your request for:
Information relating to the number of cars assigned to NPCC officers/staff
equivalent for the past five years, including the cost of each car,
repairs, insurance and fuel.
I can confirm that the information that you requested is held by
Merseyside Police, and will be disclosed to you in full - please see the
attached response table. If you require anything further in relation to
this application, please do not hesitate to contact me quoting your
application reference AG 2020 0799.
Kind regards,
Alex
Data Analyst – FOI team
Merseyside Police
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Hi Mr. Peers,
My apologies - I misunderstood and thought your email was relating to an earlier application regarding the NPCC cars. I have also been allocated your other request for relating to GenderSpace UK and will chase this up as a matter of urgency - for your records, the reference number is AG 2020 0813 and I will update you as soon as possible.
Kind regards,
Alex
Dear Mr. Peers,
Response Letter - FOI Application AG 2020 - 0803 MERPOL (please quote in
all correspondence)
I write in connection with your request for information which was received
by Merseyside Police. I note that you seek access to the following
information:
(Paraphrased) Information relating to a specific business interest of a
member of the Force.
Following receipt for your request searches were conducted within the
Merseyside Police to locate information relevant to your request.
The searches located information relevant to your request which is shown
on the attached response table.
I have today been authorized by the PNC & Data Access Manager, the senior
decision maker in this case, to disclose the located information to you,
as attached. Please find attached above, the response table with
information.
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provide this response, which is being provided on behalf of an Analyst who
is currently out of office.
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Yours faithfully
D Jackson
D Jackson
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Disclosure Analyst
Merseyside Police
Data Access Unit (FOI)
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E-mail: [Merseyside Police request email]
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T Harrison left an annotation ()
Given we are in the middle of Transgender Awareness Week, it would seem an appropriate time for Merseyside Police to respond to this well overdue request.