Dear Northern Ireland Policing Board,

In accordance with HPE 459309 - Reporting Breaches of the Law Policy Approved 1 December 2021 please advise (broken down by year) for the period 2022 - 2024 how may times, a failure to comply with the time limits in (A) the NIPB / DoJ JOINT GUIDANCE for MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS on INJURY ON DUTY AWARDS (B) The Police Service of Northern Ireland and Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve (Injury Benefit) (Amendment) (No. 2)
Regulations 2024 was reported pursuant to 5.1 where is says 'A breach includes non-compliance with the requirements of any legislation or rule of law relevant to the governance and administration of the Scheme'

Yours faithfully,

Mark Botham

Dear Northern Ireland Policing Board,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of Northern Ireland Policing Board's handling of my FOI request 'HPE 459309 - Reporting Breaches of the Law Policy Approved 1 December 2021'.

It is simply an untenable position to assert the information is not held given the following sections of the actual policy:
10.1 Breach Register: All breaches must be recorded on the Breach Register even if the decision is not to report. A full record of all potential breaches, reported breaches, investigations and corrective actions undertaken should be recorded on this register. The record of past breaches (even if they are not reported) may be relevant in deciding whether to report a breach (for example it may reveal a systemic issue).
10.2 The Breach Register is held on the Scheme Manager’s electronic records management system (i.e. HPE Records Manager (HPE) –formerly TRIM) and maintained by the Pension Board Secretariat under the direction of the Pension Board Chair. When a breach has been identified, the Reporter should ensure that the breach has been recorded on the Register and that the Register is fully updated as the assessment and reporting process progresses.

Please therefore provide the information requested

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

Yours faithfully,

Mark Botham

Dear NIPB FOI,

Can you please confirm the timeframe for the internal review as it is 13 working days today since you advised "We acknowledge receipt of your e-mail below which is receiving attention.""

Yours sincerely,

Mark Botham

Dear NIPB FOI,

Can you please clarify why you refer to 30 working days when the ICO Guidance is clear it should take 20 working days?
https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/foi...

Yours sincerely,

Mark Botham

Dear NIPB FOI,

I have not received the outcome of the Internal Review by 19th March 2025 as you stated I would.

Please provide the outcome, mindful I have pointed out you have already exceeded the time set out by the ICO.

Yours sincerely,

Mark Botham

Dear NIPB FOI,

I have already pointed out the NIPB policy adds a further 10 working days to the 20 working days set out by the ICO https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/foi...

You have failed to even meet that, if the outcome of the internal review is not received before 5pm on 21st March 2025 I will have no option but to take the matter further.

Yours sincerely,

Mark Botham