Police Injury Award Pensions

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Dear Hampshire Police Authority,

I am making a request for all the information to which I am entitled under the Freedom Of Information Act. In order to assist you with this request, I am outlining my query as specifically as possible. If however this request is too wide or too unclear, I would be grateful if you could contact me by e-mail, as I understand that under the act, you are required to advise and assist requesters.

I would like to know:

1) How many former officers of the Hampshire Constabulary are currently in receipt of an injury award pension, as provided for in the Police Pensions Regulations 1987 and the Police (Injury Benefit) Regulations 2006?

2) Do you operate a policy of reducing an injury award pension to the lowest permissible band when the former officer reaches the age of 65?

3) In the years 2004 to 2008 inclusive, how many former officers’ injury award pensions were reduced to the lowest banding upon the former officer reaching the age of 65? (A total figure only is requested, but I have no objection if you break the figures down by year)

4) In the years 1987 to 2003 inclusive, how many former officers’ injury award pensions were reduced to the lowest banding upon the former officer reaching the age of 65? (A total figure only is requested, but I have no objection if you break the figures down by year)

5) In the years 2004 to 2008 inclusive, how many formal complaints have been made against officers of ACPO rank in the Hampshire Constabulary regarding matters in any way connected with the administration of reviews of police injury awards? (A total figure only is requested, but I have no objection if you break the figures down by year)

I understand that under the FOI Act, I should be entitled to a response within 20 working days. I look forward to hearing from you in the near future.

Please note that your full reply to the above questions should be sent by e-mail to the return address shown in the heading to this message. This is because both the request and its response are published for public scrutiny on the web site through which this request has been made.

Thank you for your assistance in this matter.

Mr. John Jarman

Hampshire Police Authority

Dear Mr Jarman
Thank you for your request for information concerning police injury award pensions under FOI.

I am writing to advise you that Hampshire Police Authority does hold the information you are asking for under question 5 but it does not hold the information in the other questions.

I will respond to question 5 within the statutory time limit. In the meantime, would you please advise me whether you wish me to transfer your request to Hampshire Constabulary who may hold the information requested in your other 4 questions, or would you prefer to make a new request direct to them?

I look forward to you advice in this respect.

Your sincerely

Jean Snowsill
Admin Manager
Hampshire Police Authority
*01962 814853
Internal 637204

* www.hampshirepoliceauthority.org

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-----Original Message-----
From: POLICE AUTHORITY Mailbox
Sent: 05 January 2009 09:41
To: Snowsill, Jean
Subject: FW: Freedom of Information request - Police Injury Award Pensions

-----Original Message-----
From: John Jarman [mailto:[FOI #5333 email]]
Sent: 01 January 2009 15:51
To: POLICE AUTHORITY Mailbox
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Police Injury Award Pensions

Dear Hampshire Police Authority,

I am making a request for all the information to which I am
entitled under the Freedom Of Information Act. In order to assist
you with this request, I am outlining my query as specifically as
possible. If however this request is too wide or too unclear, I
would be grateful if you could contact me by e-mail, as I
understand that under the act, you are required to advise and
assist requesters.

I would like to know:

1) How many former officers of the Hampshire Constabulary are
currently in receipt of an injury award pension, as provided for in
the Police Pensions Regulations 1987 and the Police (Injury
Benefit) Regulations 2006?

2) Do you operate a policy of reducing an injury award pension to
the lowest permissible band when the former officer reaches the age
of 65?

3) In the years 2004 to 2008 inclusive, how many former officers'
injury award pensions were reduced to the lowest banding upon the
former officer reaching the age of 65? (A total figure only is
requested, but I have no objection if you break the figures down by
year)

4) In the years 1987 to 2003 inclusive, how many former officers'
injury award pensions were reduced to the lowest banding upon the
former officer reaching the age of 65? (A total figure only is
requested, but I have no objection if you break the figures down by
year)

5) In the years 2004 to 2008 inclusive, how many formal complaints
have been made against officers of ACPO rank in the Hampshire
Constabulary regarding matters in any way connected with the
administration of reviews of police injury awards? (A total figure
only is requested, but I have no objection if you break the figures
down by year)

I understand that under the FOI Act, I should be entitled to a
response within 20 working days. I look forward to hearing from you
in the near future.

Please note that your full reply to the above questions should be
sent by e-mail to the return address shown in the heading to this
message. This is because both the request and its response are
published for public scrutiny on the web site through which this
request has been made.

Thank you for your assistance in this matter.

Mr. John Jarman

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Dear Jean Snowsill,

Thank you for your prompt initial response to my request.

I will look forward to receiving your reply to my question no. 5 in due course.

Meanwhile, I am happy for you to transfer my request to Hampshire Constabulary for their response to my questions nos. 1,2,3 and 4.

Yours sincerely,

John Jarman

Hampshire Police Authority

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Dear Mr Jarman

In response to your request for information under Freedom of Information, I note that you are requesting the following information:

In the years 2004 to 2008 inclusive, how many formal complaints
have been made against officers of ACPO rank in the Hampshire
Constabulary regarding matters in any way connected with the
administration of reviews of police injury awards?

I can advise you that during the period 2004 - 2008, Hampshire Police Authority dealt with no complaints against Hampshire Constabulary officers of ACPO rank regarding matters in any way connected with the administration of reviews of police injury awards.

Your sincerely

Jean Snowsill

-----Original Message-----
From: John Jarman [mailto:[FOI #5333 email]]
Sent: 05 January 2009 22:09
To: Snowsill, Jean
Subject: Re: Freedom of Information request - Police Injury Award Pensions

Dear Jean Snowsill,

Thank you for your prompt initial response to my request.

I will look forward to receiving your reply to my question no. 5 in
due course.

Meanwhile, I am happy for you to transfer my request to Hampshire
Constabulary for their response to my questions nos. 1,2,3 and 4.

Yours sincerely,

John Jarman

-----Original Message-----

Dear Mr Jarman Thank you for your request for information
concerning police injury award pensions under FOI.

I am writing to advise you that Hampshire Police Authority does
hold the information you are asking for under question 5 but it
does not hold the information in the other questions.

I will respond to question 5 within the statutory time limit. In
the meantime, would you please advise me whether you wish me to
transfer your request to Hampshire Constabulary who may hold the
information requested in your other 4 questions, or would you
prefer to make a new request direct to them?

I look forward to you advice in this respect.

Your sincerely

Jean Snowsill Admin Manager Hampshire Police Authority *01962
814853 Internal 637204

* www.hampshirepoliceauthority.org

police service for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight

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save some trees

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John Jarman left an annotation ()

Notice: If you have been following the Freedom of Information Requests that I have been making through the wonderful facilities provided by the What Do They Know team, then you may like to know that I will be putting the collated results, plus a great deal of other information on line by about the the end of February.

Watch this space for details.

Meanwhile, please sign the petition on the No 10 Downing Street web site, calling on the Home Office to rescind guidance issued in its Circular 46/2004.

The petition is at:

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/HOC-46-...

John

John Jarman left an annotation ()

If you are a former officer on an injury pension and would like to make contact with an email-based self help group of others then send a message to Eddie at whatsyourforcedoing[AT]yahoo.co.uk Be sure to mention the whatdotheyknow web site.

The results of the research into a vital aspect of Home Office Circular Annex C is now available on line at http://no10petition.blogspot.com/