West Midlands Police      Freedom 
of 
Information 
 
 
Request reference: 5127/11 
 
 
For the security vetting/accreditation procedure carried out for the Liberal 
Democrat Party Autumn Conference 2011, please can you supply: 
 
The total number of people who: 
 
1) Applied to be accredited... 
 
Information not held by West Midlands Police. The data may be held by the Party. 
 
2) ...and were then approved. 
 
6,550 
 
3) ...and were then rejected... 
a) ...but the party permitted entry anyway. 
b) ...but the party did not permit entry. 
 
3 failed the accreditation process 
 
1 was permitted entry by the Party 
 
2 were not permitted entry by the Party 
 
4) ...but did not complete the process... 
 
a) ...because the police did not complete the process in time. 
 
b) ...because the individual did not complete the process. (e.g. documents still 
pending by conference date, or they explicitly withdrew) 
 
All applications to the police were completed in time. 
 
The Party holds details of those applicants who failed to complete their application. 
These details were not provided to the police and therefore the information is not 
held by West Midlands Police. 
West Midlands Police in complying with their statutory duty under sections 1 and 11 of the Freedom of Information 
Act 2000 to release the enclosed information will not breach the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. However, 
the rights of the copyright owner of the enclosed information will continue to be protected by law.  Applications for the 
copyright owner’s written permission to reproduce any part of the attached information should be addressed to The 
Force Solicitor, West Midlands Police Headquarters, Lloyd House, Colmore Circus Queensway, Birmingham, B4 
6NQ. 
04/11/11  
Ref: 
5127/11 

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West Midlands Police      Freedom 
of 
Information 
 
For each of the above, please break down if possible the number of people 
who applied by category, e.g. Members/Party Staff, Media, Exibitors etc. 
 
 Applicants 
Media  
1,542 
Charity Observers  
718
Contractors  
463
Exhibitors  
320
Stewards  
61
Commercial Observers  
1,092
HQ Staff/Party & Parliamentary Staff  
244
Diplomats  
131
 
The remainder were Party Members. 
 
5) The estimated cost of the process. 
 
No information held at this time.  In order to assist I can tell you that the overall cost 
for the security operation was £1,990,000. 
West Midlands Police in complying with their statutory duty under sections 1 and 11 of the Freedom of Information 
Act 2000 to release the enclosed information will not breach the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. However, 
the rights of the copyright owner of the enclosed information will continue to be protected by law.  Applications for the 
copyright owner’s written permission to reproduce any part of the attached information should be addressed to The 
Force Solicitor, West Midlands Police Headquarters, Lloyd House, Colmore Circus Queensway, Birmingham, B4 
6NQ. 
04/11/11  
Ref: 
5127/11 

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