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Thank you for your correspondence below dated 09 August 2017 in which you request information from PSNI regarding recorded convictions for driving offences.

For your correspondence to be treated as a valid request under the FOI Act we need to have your real name. The real name has been defined in our guidance as:

'Title/and or first name with surname satisfies the requirement for provision of a real name'.

Please find below a link to our guidance on Section 8 entitled valid request-name and address for correspondence:

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Unfortunately at this stage your request can not be processed until these details are provided.

Jacqui
Data Protection and Freedom of Information Unit
Police HQ

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14th August 2017

Dear Ms Parmar,

FREEDOM of INFORMATION ACT 2000

I write in connection with your request for information dated 14th August
2017 which was received by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI)
on 14th August 2017.  I note you seek access to the following information:

Recorded Convictions for Driving Offences

This request will be dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. A response should be sent to you within 20 working
days, no later than 12th September 2017. I would like to advise you that
PSNI are currently experiencing a slight delay in the processing of
requests and we aim to respond to your request as soon as possible. The
Freedom of Information team will advise you in writing if there are any
delays in responding to your request and will keep you advised of
progress.

If your request is unclear and clarification is required the 20 day
legislative time limit dictated by the Freedom of Information Act 2000
will be stopped until we receive clarification of your request. The ICO
guidance at paragraph 40 of the link below sets out that the clock begins
anew the day after the clarification is received. It states

“If the requester subsequently provides enough detail to enable the
authority to identify and locate the information, then the authority must
respond to the clarified request within a new 20 working day time limit
with the ‘clock’ starting the day after it receives the required
clarification. “

The link for this is:

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In the event where the cost of complying with the request would exceed the
“appropriate level”, which is fixed at £450, as stated in the Freedom of
Information Regulations 2004, it is the policy of the PSNI to close the
request. You will however be notified of this decision and given an
opportunity to refine and resubmit the request.

If your request requires either full or partial transference to another
public authority in order to answer your query, again, you will be
notified.

If you have any queries regarding your request please write or contact the
Freedom of Information Team on 028 9070 0164. Please remember to quote the
reference number listed above in any future communications with the
Freedom of Information Team.

If you are dissatisfied in any way with the handling of your request, you
have the right to request a review. You should do this as soon as
possible, or in any case within two months of the date of issue of this
letter. In the event that you require a review to be undertaken, you can
do so by writing to the Head of Freedom of Information, PSNI Headquarters,
65 Knock Road, Belfast, BT5 6LE or by emailing [email address]. 

If following an internal review, carried out by an independent decision
maker, you were to remain dissatisfied in any way with the handling of the
request you may make a complaint, under Section 50 of the Freedom of
Information Act, to the Information Commissioner’s Office and ask that
they investigate whether the PSNI has complied with the terms of the
Freedom of Information Act.  You can write to the Information Commissioner
at Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. In most circumstances the Information
Commissioner will not investigate a complaint unless an internal review
procedure has been carried out, however the Commissioner has the option to
investigate the matter at his discretion.

Yours sincerely,

FOI Decision Maker
FOI Unit
PSNI HQ Brooklyn

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25th September 2017

Dear Ms Parmar,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000

I write in connection with your request for information dated 14th August
2017 which was received by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI)
on 14th August 2017.  I note you seek access to the following information:

Recorded Convictions for Driving Offences

To enable the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) to meet your
request could you please provide further clarification on the following

Q2, Q4, Q6, Q8 and Q10 refer to ‘total number of points and fines issued’
– can I clarify if you mean the number of Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs)
issued for the different offences?

For Q4 - Can the you clarify if you require only FPNs issued by PSNI
officers for speeding offences or do you also require those who received a
FPN  after a detection for speeding by the NI Road Safety Partnership?

Please note the record owner has advised me they are unable to break the
figures down to any geography lower than Belfast City Policing District.

You should be aware that the 20 day legislative time limit dictated by the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 has been stopped. Once we receive
clarification of your request a new 20 working day time limit will
commence.

Please send clarification of your request by writing to Freedom of
Information Team, PSNI Headquarters, 65 Knock Road Belfast BT5 6LE or by
email to [email address]. Alternatively, if you wish to discuss
your request or have any additional queries you can contact the FOI Unit
on 028 9070 0164.

Yours sincerely,

Sean

FOI Decision Maker
FOI Unit
PSNI HQ Brooklyn