Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA)

Thank you for your email received today in which you make a request for
information that Northumbria Police may hold.

We are in the process of dealing with your request and expect to revert to
you shortly. A response should be provided by 21/01/10.

Please note this request will be aggregated with your previous requests due
to time/cost considerations, 1821/09 and 1679/09 refer.

Yours sincerely

Jan Mcewan

Information Compliance Unit

NORTHUMBRIA POLICE PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE

The information contained in this message and any attachment(s) is confidential and intended only for the attention of the named organisation or individual to whom it is addressed. The message may contain information that is covered by legal, professional or other privilege. No mistake in transmission is intended to waive or compromise any such privilege. This message has been sent over public networks and the sender cannot be held responsible for its integrity.

If you are not the intended recipient be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken in reliance of the information contained herein is strictly prohibited, and is contrary to the provisions of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act, 1988 and of the Data Protection Act, 1998.

Any views expressed are those of the sender and, unless specifically stated, do not necessarily represent the view of Northumbria Police.

We cannot accept any liability for any loss or damage sustained as a result of software viruses. It is your responsibility to carry out such virus checking as is necessary.

If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by e-mail at once and delete the message immediately.

For more information about Northumbria Police please visit our website - http://www.northumbria.police.uk

Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA)

Thank you for your email received today in which you make a request for
information that Northumbria Police may hold.

We are in the process of dealing with your request and expect to revert to
you shortly. A response should be provided by 21/01/10.

Please note this request will be aggregated with your previous requests due
to time/cost considerations, 1821/09 and 1679/09 refer.

Yours sincerely

Jan Mcewan

Information Compliance Unit

NORTHUMBRIA POLICE PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE

The information contained in this message and any attachment(s) is confidential and intended only for the attention of the named organisation or individual to whom it is addressed. The message may contain information that is covered by legal, professional or other privilege. No mistake in transmission is intended to waive or compromise any such privilege. This message has been sent over public networks and the sender cannot be held responsible for its integrity.

If you are not the intended recipient be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken in reliance of the information contained herein is strictly prohibited, and is contrary to the provisions of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act, 1988 and of the Data Protection Act, 1998.

Any views expressed are those of the sender and, unless specifically stated, do not necessarily represent the view of Northumbria Police.

We cannot accept any liability for any loss or damage sustained as a result of software viruses. It is your responsibility to carry out such virus checking as is necessary.

If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by e-mail at once and delete the message immediately.

For more information about Northumbria Police please visit our website - http://www.northumbria.police.uk

Provision of information held by Northumbria Police made under the Freedom
of Information Act 2000 (the 'Act')

Thank you for your email dated 20 December 2009 in which you made a
request for access to certain information which may be held by Northumbria
Police.

As you may be aware the purpose of the Act is to allow a general right of
access to information held by a Public Authority (including the Police),
subject to certain limitations and exemptions.

You asked:

"In a recent letter the Chief Constable, in describing the review proces,
said,the Force will decide if there is a cogent reason not to reduce a
pension. If the reason is so decided it will be forwarded to the SMP

1. Does the Force still conform to this principle and if so where
does this process appear in the Regulations?

2. How many cogent reasons have been accepted by:-
a. Northumbria Police/HR
b. the SMP

3. In generic terms (redacted of course) what cogent reasons have
been accepted."

In response:

We have now had the opportunity to fully consider your request and I
provide a response for your attention.

As advised earlier in your acknowledgement this request has been
aggregated with your earlier requests, Freedom of Information Act 2000
(FOIA) request 1821/09 Police Injury Pensions, and Freedom of Information
Act 2000 (FOIA) request 1679/09 - Police Injury Pension Reviews, for
time/costing purposes as they are on the same subject area.

1. Yes, the Force still conforms to this principle. The force can
make recommendations to the SMP regarding cogent reasons based on
information provided by those subject to review however it would
ultimately be the decision of the SMP. Cogent reasons are mentioned
within Home Office circular 46/2004 which Northumbria Police also work to
when conducting reviews.

2-3. We do not hold any records of any cogent reasons that have been
accepted by either Northumbria Police or by the SMP during 2008 or 2009.
Therefore, we are unable to provide generic details of any accepted
cogent reasons.

Information prior to 2008 may be available from Northumbria Police
Authority:-

Information Rights Officer
Northumbria Police Authority
Civic Centre
Regent Street
Gateshead
NE8 1HH

email:- [email address]

Please note that further requests on this subject area may be declared
vexatious under Section 14 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and we
provide an explanation to this exemption.

Section 14 (2) Vexatious Requests - Where a public authority has
previously complied with a request for information which was made by any
person, it is not obliged to comply with a subsequent identical or
substantially similar request from that person unless a reasonable
interval has elapsed between compliance with the previous request and the
making of the current request.

However, the ***reasonable interval*** is not defined but it is suggested
that 60 working days may be a useful benchmark.

The information we have supplied to you is likely to contain intellectual
property rights of Northumbria Police. Your use of the information must
be strictly in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988
(as amended) or such other applicable legislation. In particular, you
must not re-use this information for any commercial purpose.

How to complain

If you are unhappy with our decision or do not consider that we have
handled your request properly and we are unable to resolve this issue
informally, you are entitled to make a formal complaint to us under our
complaints procedure which is attached.

If you are still unhappy after we have investigated your complaint and
reported to you the outcome, you may complain directly to the Information
Commissioner***s Office and request that they investigate to ascertain
whether we have dealt with your request in accordance with the Act.

Yours sincerely

Michael Cleugh
Data Protection and Disclosure Advisor
Direct Dial: 01661 869389

NORTHUMBRIA POLICE PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE

The information contained in this message and any attachment(s) is
confidential and intended only for the attention of the named organisation
or individual to whom it is addressed. The message may contain
information that is covered by legal, professional or other privilege. No
mistake in transmission is intended to waive or compromise any such
privilege. This message has been sent over public networks and the sender
cannot be held responsible for its integrity.

If you are not the intended recipient be aware that any disclosure,
copying, distribution or action taken in reliance of the information
contained herein is strictly prohibited, and is contrary to the provisions
of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act, 1988 and of the Data Protection
Act, 1998.

Any views expressed are those of the sender and, unless specifically
stated, do not necessarily represent the view of Northumbria Police.

We cannot accept any liability for any loss or damage sustained as a
result of software viruses. It is your responsibility to carry out such
virus checking as is necessary.

If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by
e-mail at once and delete the message immediately.

For more information about Northumbria Police please visit our website -
[1]http://www.northumbria.police.uk

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