Your email to the Merseyside Police Freedom of Information (FOI) in box is
acknowledged.

If it contains an initial (new) request under FOI it will be dealt with in
accordance with section 10 of the Act which means that you are entitled to
receive a response no later than 20 working days after the first working
day* on which your request is received.

Other arrangements may apply if a fees notice is issued or if the time
period is extended in order that public interest considerations of our
response may take place. Section 10 also allows public authorities to
apply variations to the normal 20 working day timescale in some limited
circumstances.

Due to the volume of e-mail correspondence and FOI applications received,
the Force regrets that individual acknowledgement e-mails will not be sent
even if specifically requested.

If the correspondence cannot be dealt with as FOI, it will be forwarded
internally and you will be advised of the location. Any related
communication must be direct to the identified location and not the FOI
e-mail address.

*The ‘working day’ is defined as any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday,
Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday under the
Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in any part of the United Kingdom.
The first reckonable day is the working day after the working day of
receipt.

Although every effort will be made to ensure a response is provided within
statutory deadlines, due to current circumstances delays may be
unavoidable. We apologise for any inconvenience and will endeavour to
process your request as quickly as is practicable.

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Your email to the Merseyside Police Freedom of Information (FOI) in box is
acknowledged.

If it contains an initial (new) request under FOI it will be dealt with in
accordance with section 10 of the Act which means that you are entitled to
receive a response no later than 20 working days after the first working
day* on which your request is received.

Other arrangements may apply if a fees notice is issued or if the time
period is extended in order that public interest considerations of our
response may take place. Section 10 also allows public authorities to
apply variations to the normal 20 working day timescale in some limited
circumstances.

Due to the volume of e-mail correspondence and FOI applications received,
the Force regrets that individual acknowledgement e-mails will not be sent
even if specifically requested.

If the correspondence cannot be dealt with as FOI, it will be forwarded
internally and you will be advised of the location. Any related
communication must be direct to the identified location and not the FOI
e-mail address.

*The ‘working day’ is defined as any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday,
Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday under the
Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in any part of the United Kingdom.
The first reckonable day is the working day after the working day of
receipt.

Although every effort will be made to ensure a response is provided within
statutory deadlines, due to current circumstances delays may be
unavoidable. We apologise for any inconvenience and will endeavour to
process your request as quickly as is practicable.

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Your email to the Merseyside Police Freedom of Information (FOI) in box is
acknowledged.

If it contains an initial (new) request under FOI it will be dealt with in
accordance with section 10 of the Act which means that you are entitled to
receive a response no later than 20 working days after the first working
day* on which your request is received.

Other arrangements may apply if a fees notice is issued or if the time
period is extended in order that public interest considerations of our
response may take place. Section 10 also allows public authorities to
apply variations to the normal 20 working day timescale in some limited
circumstances.

Due to the volume of e-mail correspondence and FOI applications received,
the Force regrets that individual acknowledgement e-mails will not be sent
even if specifically requested.

If the correspondence cannot be dealt with as FOI, it will be forwarded
internally and you will be advised of the location. Any related
communication must be direct to the identified location and not the FOI
e-mail address.

*The ‘working day’ is defined as any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday,
Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday under the
Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in any part of the United Kingdom.
The first reckonable day is the working day after the working day of
receipt.

Although every effort will be made to ensure a response is provided within
statutory deadlines, due to current circumstances delays may be
unavoidable. We apologise for any inconvenience and will endeavour to
process your request as quickly as is practicable.

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taken to ensure that this email message has been swept for the presence of
computer viruses. The views expressed in this communication may not
necessarily be the views of Merseyside Police. All communications,
including telephone calls and electronic messages to and from Merseyside
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Dear Mr. Terry Flemming,

Firstly, I send my sincere apologies on you not receiving a response
within 20 days this is due to the FOI Team still awaiting information from
various departments.  I acknowledge receipt of your email dated
16/06/2023, requesting that Merseyside Police review the response to your
request for information concerning:

Copies of any policies, procedures or guidance issued to your officers in
relation to the Port of Liverpool Police and any other private
constabularies who retain constable powers on the Manchester ship canal
and the Port of Liverpool and any memorandum of understanding that exists
between the two forces?

You have raised a query regarding the handling of your FOI request and the
Information Commissioner has requested that you refer the matter for an
internal review.

The basis of your request for an internal review is stated as:

I am writing to request an internal review of Merseyside Police's handling
of my FOI request 'Port of Liverpool Police'.  My request has not been
handled in accordance with the FoI Act, specifically the time limit on
responding to requests.

An internal review will be undertaken surrounding the FOI response which
has been provided to you. The internal review will be considered
independently by the Information Assurance Co-ordinator who is independent
of the Disclosure Unit. The review will be conducted in accordance with
the Merseyside Police review procedure and every effort will be made to
have a response to you no later than the 17/07/2023 (20 working days from
receipt of internal review request, as advocated by the ICO).

However, if it becomes clear that the review will not be completed by this
date you will be contacted.

Yours faithfully,

Miss S. Haworth

Disclosure Analyst

Freedom Of Information

Merseyside Police

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Dear Mr. Terry Fleming,

Firstly, I send my sincere apologies in relation to the late response to
your Freedom of Information request that Merseyside Police received on
09/05/2023, reference SH-2023-703, and note that you seek access to the
following information:-

MOU Port of Liverpool Police.

Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted within
Merseyside Police to locate information relevant to your request.  Please
see the above response table and redacted MOU Port of Liverpool Police
attached.  Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter,
please write to or e-mail me at the below address, quoting the reference
number above.

Yours faithfully,

Miss S Haworth
Disclosure Analyst - FOI Team
Merseyside Police

Complaint Rights

Your attention is drawn to the information following this response, which
details your rights of review and of complaint.

Making a complaint or appeal about your Freedom of Information response

We accept that sometimes you may not agree with the decision we’ve made
about your Freedom of Information request. If this is the case there is an
internal complaints procedure that should be followed.

You should make your complaint in writing to:

Freedom of Information Team

Data Access Unit
Merseyside Police

PO BOX 59

LIVERPOOL

L69 1JD

It should detail:

What the original request was

The nature of the complaint

Why you feel you should have received more information

Your complaint will be fully investigated and will be dealt with by a
staff member who was not involved in the original decision. We will write
to you to advise the outcome of your complaint.

If you are dissatisfied with the results of your complaint you have the
right to appeal to the Information Commissioner. He can be contacted at:

The Officer of the Information Commissioner

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

More information is available from the Information Commissioner's website

[1]http://www.ico.org.uk

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Dear Mr Flemming, 

Further to your request for Merseyside Police to conduct an internal
review of your Freedom of Information request, I confirm that I have
completed my review. 

I have identified that, due to an administrative error, an email to
yourself indicating there would be a delay was not sent. I would like to
offer my sincere apologies for the delay in your response from our Freedom
of Information Team. 

Our Freedom of Information team will be migrating to a new system to track
all requests which should eliminate similar issues occurring in future. 

Complainant Rights: 

Should you be dissatisfied with my review you have a further right of
appeal to the Information Commissioner the contact details for whom are
below. 

The Office of the Information Commissioner 

Wycliffe House 

Water Lane 

Wilmslow 

Cheshire SK9 5AF 

More information is available from the Information Commissioner's website 

[1]https://ico.org.uk/ 

Yours Sincerely,

Phillip

Phillip Caddick (He/Him)
Information Security Officer
CSD Information Security

Direct Line Tel: +441517771399
Mobile Tel: +447595008182
Email: [email address]
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