Private investigation firms
Dear North Wales Fire and Rescue Service,
NWFRS uses private investigation firms to assist in the disciplinary process.
Since the commencement of the Service utilising private investigation firms, please list the following-
1. The cost of completed investigations. (List as Investigation 1 £xxxx, investigation 2 £xxxx etc )
2. The agreed/ estimated costs on incomplete/ outstanding investigations (in the same format)
3. Expenses incurred for these investigations inclusive of;
-travel expenses paid for investigators to interrogate staff
-overnight expenses
- all expenses if not contained within a fixed price arrangement, for attendance at disciplinary hearings and associated work
- cost for any postponements
-all incidental expenses
3. The total cost of use of private investigative firms used by
NWFRS in its entirety
Yours faithfully,
Sydney Evans
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Dear Sydney,
I write with regard to your recent request to North Wales Fire and Rescue Service (NWFRS) made under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act regarding use of external organisations during the disciplinary process.
NWFRS can confirm that it holds the information you have requested; however, the number of staff to which the information relates is so small that the Service believes it would be possible to identify those individuals from the data and, therefore, the information has been summarised, as to release it would be unfair to those individuals.
The Service has utilised the services of external organisations since 2018 for which the total actual costs and estimated full costs for existing investigation are £71,717. Expenses incurred are for incidental expenses only and are £706.22 to date. These figures includes expenses for both completed investigations and any additional expenses incurred to date for ongoing investigations and relate to travel costs and printing/copying charges.
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North Wales Fire and Rescue Service Headquarters
Ffordd Salesbury
St Asaph Business Park
St Asaph
Denbighshire
LL17 0JJ
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Kind Regards,
Olivia Partington BA (Hons)
Cynorthw-ydd Gweinyddol Swyddogaeth Gweithrediadau / Operations Function Administrative Assistant
Swyddog Cefnogi Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth / Information Governance Support Officer
Gwasanaeth Tân ac Achub Gogledd Cymru / North Wales Fire and Rescue Service
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