Police Injury Award Pensions

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Dear Humberside 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 Humberside Police force 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 Humberside Police force 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 Mr Jarman, please find attached a response to your recent query.

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Louise Johnson
Member Support Manager

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Green, James 8935,

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Your Ref:
Our Ref:F-2009-00379

12 February, 2009

Dear Mr. Jarman,

Thank you for your request for information dated 05 January, 2009. Please
accept my apologises in the delay in formulating your response.

This is to inform you that all information relating to your request has
been researched and is communicated below in response to:

1) How many former officers of the Humberside Police force 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?

There are currently 105 former Humberside Police officers in receipt
of an injury award pension

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?

Yes

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)

9 former Humberside Police Officers injury award pensions were
reduced to the lowest banding upon the former officer reaching the age of
65

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

In the years 1987 to 2003 inclusive there have been no cases of
Humberside Police Officers injury award pensions being reduced to the
lowest banding upon the former officer reaching the age of 65

Should any further information be requested regarding this topic, a
separate request will need to be submitted.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in
Humberside Police.

If I can be of any further assistance on this matter please do not
hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely,

James Green
Information Compliance Officer
+44 (1482) 317096

Corporate Development Branch
Information Compliance Unit
Priory Road
Kingston Upon Hull
HU5 5SF
Fax:+44 (1482) 317090

Humberside Police - Freedom of Information Complaints Review Procedure

Why Have A Complaints Process?

Humberside Police is committed to delivering an open and transparent
service whenever possible and it is our intention to commit to the
principles of openness embodied in the Freedom of Information Act. We will
release information to the greatest extent possible, consistent with the
public interest, however we may withhold information if we consider its
release would cause significant harm.

If information within a document is withheld, it will be clearly marked to
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information has been designed to help you to understand how to complain to
Humberside Police. Using this process will not affect your right to
complain directly to the Information Commissioner if you feel we have not
complied with our obligations under the Freedom of Information Act.

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Anyone who has made a Freedom of Information request in writing to the
Force can complain. If you have requested information and you are not
satisfied with the way we have dealt with it, you can use the complaints
process to have it looked at again. If someone who requested information
would like to complain but cannot do so themselves, you can complain on
their behalf but it will help us if you make it clear that you are doing
so.

What Can I Complain About?

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the fee we have charged, or with the reasons we have given for refusing to
provide information, you have the right to appeal. You can complain about
the range, amount and format of information we have sent following a
request. You can also complain about the way a request was handled, for
example, the time it took to respond.

How Do I Complain?

To deal with your complaint as quickly as possible, it will help if you
can give us as much information as you can about the original request made
and the reason for your complaint. Please put your complaint in writing
and address it to:

FOI Appeals
Humberside Police Information Compliance Unit
Police Headquarters
Priory Road
Hull HU5 5SF

What Happens To My Complaint?

Once we have enough details to identify the request, we will begin the
review. The Head of The Information Compliance Unit will normally review
your complaint. In the more complex cases a review panel consisting of a
number of senior personnel from the Force will re-examine your complaint.
We aim to complete the review process within three months of receiving
your complaint. Upon completion we will send you the findings.

How Will I Be Notified?

Where we have not followed procedures or have failed to provide acceptable
quality of service, we will apologise and explain what we will do to
ensure this doesn't happen again. If our original decision to withhold
information is over-turned on appeal we will send you the additional
information immediately. If we believe that our original response was
correct we will let you know, and inform you of your options (see below).

What If I'm Still Not Satisfied?

If we have been unable to resolve your complaint and you are not satisfied
you can approach the office of the Information Commissioner, who may
investigate the matter on your behalf. This option is open to you at all
times, but we will endeavour to address your complaint initially, as this
may lead to a speedier resolution. It is the Information Commissioner who
decides whether to investigate or not. We will co-operate fully with the
Information Commissioner.

If you have any further questions about the complaints process, please
contact the Information Compliance Unit on 01482 578313 or alternatively
you can write to:
Head of Information Compliance Unit
Humberside Police Headquarters
Priory Road
Hull HU5 5SF
Email: [1][email address]

Requests for a review by the Information Commissioner should be made in
writing directly to:
The Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Phone: 01625 545 700
[2]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

James Green
Information Compliance Officer
Information Compliance Section

* Humberside Police HQ, Priory Road, Hull, HU5 5SF
( Phone: 01482 317096 (ext 1396)
: E-mail: [3][email address]
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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

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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/