Police compensation claims
Dear Northamptonshire Police,
Can I please ask how many payments and the combined total of payments have been made for compensation claims from your police force in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022? Can these be sent as separate annual totals?
Further, can I have the details - within the limits of privacy and protection - for any individual compensation payments over £50,000 within these years. If, for instance, a compensation has been granted for a death in custody, could the reason, gender and age of victim, prison and total compensation be cited? If any of these would violate the FOI and as such result in a rejection, please redact and proceed on the others.
I'd also like this separated into police officer compensation and civilian compensation please.
Yours faithfully,
Max Colbert
The Citizens
Good afternoon,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT - FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - REQUEST FOR
INFORMATION - Our Ref: 0416/23
With reference to your e-mail received on 18/01/2023 requesting the
following information:
Can I please ask how many payments and the combined total of payments have
been made for compensation claims from your police force in 2018, 2019,
2020, 2021 and 2022? Can these be sent as separate annual totals?
Further, can I have the details - within the limits of privacy and
protection - for any individual compensation payments over £50,000 within
these years. If, for instance, a compensation has been granted for a death
in custody, could the reason, gender and age of victim, prison and total
compensation be cited? If any of these would violate the FOI and as such
result in a rejection, please redact and proceed on the others.
I'd also like this separated into police officer compensation and civilian
compensation please.
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Kind Regards
Denise Houghton | C0205
Information Sharing Researcher
Enabling Services – Northamptonshire Police, Northamptonshire Fire and
Rescue Service and Northamptonshire OPFCC
Telelphone: 101 | Ext No. 341172 – (if calling from outside
Northamptonshire, please call 0300 111 222)
Address: Force Headquarters, Wootton Hall, Wootton Hall Park, Northampton
NN4 0JQ
[2]www.northants.police.uk [3]www.northantspfcc.org.uk
[4]www.northantsfire.gov.uk
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Dear Max Colbert
RE: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION Our Ref: 000416/23
With reference to your e-mail received 18/01/2023 requesting information
as reproduced below:
Can I please ask how many payments and the combined total of payments have
been made for compensation claims from your police force in 2018, 2019,
2020, 2021 and 2022? Can these be sent as separate annual totals?
Further, can I have the details - within the limits of privacy and
protection - for any individual compensation payments over £50,000 within
these years. If, for instance, a compensation has been granted for a death
in custody, could the reason, gender and age of victim, prison and total
compensation be cited? If any of these would violate the FOI and as such
result in a rejection, please redact and proceed on the others.
I'd also like this separated into police officer compensation and civilian
compensation please.
Please find our response in the attached.
I trust you find this information to be satisfactory but if you have any
further queries please do not hesitate to contact me.
Northamptonshire Police provides a review and appeals procedure within the
terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. If you decide to make an
appeal and, having followed the full process you are still dissatisfied,
you will then have the right to direct your comments to the Information
Commissioner who will give due consideration to the matter. See Appendix
'a' attached.
Yours sincerely
Gemma Barrie | C1374
Senior Freedom of Information Officer and Researcher
Enabling Services – Northamptonshire Police, Northamptonshire Fire and
Rescue Service and Northamptonshire OPFCC
Telephone: 101 | Ext No. 343701/341172 – (if calling from outside
Northamptonshire, please call 0300 111 222)
Email: [1][email address]
Address: Force Headquarters, Wootton Hall, Wootton Hall Park, Northampton
NN4 0JQ
[2]www.northants.police.uk [3]www.northantspfcc.org.uk
[4]www.northantsfire.gov.uk
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