Norfolk Constabulary 
Sen
 
t via email 
Freedom of Information Department 
Jubilee House 
Req
 
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Falconers Chase 
 
Wymondham 
  
Norfolk  NR18 0WW 
Date: 19th of June 2008 
 
 Tel:   01953 42 4487 
 
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www.norfolk.police.uk 
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Dear Mr Walker 
 
Freedom of Information Request Reference No: FOI/259/08 
 
I write in connection with your request for information received by the Norfolk Constabulary.  I note 
you seek access to the following information: 
 
1.  Has Chief Constable Ian McPherson ever attended a Common Purpose training 
course? 
a.  If so please list the courses he has attended,  
b.  their dates,  
c. their 
cost, 
d.  and details of who paid for them. 
2.  Is Chief Constable Ian McPherson a Common Purpose "graduate"? 
 
Your request will now be considered in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (2000).  
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 advance of our response, I would like to point out that the Freedom of Information Act provides 
the public with a right to request access to recorded information held by the Constabulary.  If any 
of the information you have requested is not contained in a recorded format, the Constabulary is 
not obliged to create information for the purpose of responding to your request.  
 
We aim to respond to your request by the 16th of July 2008. In some circumstances the Norfolk 
Constabulary may be unable to achieve this deadline.  If this is likely, you will be informed and 
given a revised timescale at the earliest opportunity. 
 
There may be a fee payable for the provision of the information you have requested.  If this is the 
case you will be informed, and the 20 working day timescale will be suspended until we receive 
payment from you.  If you chose not to make payment then your request will remain unanswered. 
 
Some requests may also require either full or partial transference to another public authority in 
order to answer your query in the fullest possible way.  Again, you will be informed if this is the 
case. 
 
 

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Yours sincerely, 
 
 
 
Richard Kindleysides 
Freedom of Information Decision Maker 
Freedom of Information Department 
Tel: 01953 42 4487 
 
A full copy of the Freedom of Information Act (2000) can be viewed on the ‘Office of Public Sector 
Information’ web-site; 
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/ 
 
The Norfolk Constabulary is not responsible for the content, or the reliability, of the website 
referenced. The Constabulary cannot guarantee that this link will work all of the time, and we have 
no control over the availability of the linked pages. 
 
 

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