Reports of abuse & intimidation

The request was partially successful.

Dear Warwickshire Police,

I would like to know how many reports of intimidation, harassment, abuse or bullying have been reported to you by Members of Parliament or their staff between 12th September 2015 and today.

Yours faithfully,

Anne Nichols

@ Freedom of Information, Warwickshire Police

 

Dear Ms Nichols

Thank you for your request below, received by Warwickshire Police on
August 29, 2016.

I would like to know how many reports of intimidation, harassment, abuse
or bullying have been reported to you by Members of Parliament or their
staff between 12th September 2015 and today.

Your request will now be considered in accordance with the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.  You will receive a response within the statutory
timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Act, subject to the
information not being exempt or containing a reference to a third party. 
In some circumstances we may be unable to achieve this deadline.  If this
is likely you will be informed and given a revised timescale at the
earliest opportunity.

In some cases there may be a fee payable for the retrieval, collation and
provision of the information you request.  If this is the case you will be
informed and the 20 working day timescale will be suspended until we
receive payment from you. If you choose not to make payment then your
request will remain unanswered. Some requests may also require either full
or partial transference to another public authority in order to answer
your query in the fullest possible way. Again, you will be informed if
this is the case.

Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please do
not hesitate to contact this office.

Yours sincerely

 

Information Compliance
Warwickshire Police

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@ Freedom of Information, Warwickshire Police

                Dear Ms Nichols

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: FOI-2016-00627

 

I write in connection with your request for information dated 29 July
2016, received by Warwickshire Police on the same date, in which you seek
access to the following information:

 

How many reports of intimidation, harassment, abuse or bullying have been
reported to you by Members of Parliament or their staff between 12th
September 2015 and today.

 

Please be advised that the information requested in relation to MP’s staff
is not readily identifiable as there is not a specific Stated Occupation
of ‘MP's Staff’.  In order to determine whether any information relevant
to this element of your request is held it would be necessary to examine
each and every MO of all such offences within the stated period. Such
searches would involve a disproportionate amount of effort and take us
over the Fees Limit (£450) as stated in the Freedom of Information (Fees
and Appropriate Limit) Regulations 2004.

 

In accordance with Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000,
please treat this letter as the Refusal Notice I am required to provide to
you.

In accordance with Section 16 of the Act I have a duty to provide advice
and assistance in relation to your request; however, due to the volume of
records I am unable to advise a way to pare down this element of your
request into one which is manageable within the fees limit.

 

Although excess cost removes the Force’s obligation under the Freedom of
Information Act, as a gesture of goodwill, I have provided, some
information which was retrieved before it was realised that the fees limit
would be exceeded. This should not be taken as precedent that additional
information would be supplied outside of the time/fees legislation for any
subsequent requests.

 

In relation to MPs, searches were conducted for offences
between 12/09/2015 and 01/08/2016 involving MPs (Stated Occupation of
Victim = Politics - Member of Parliament) which brought back a single
offence of Harassment.

 

              Appeal Rights

            Your attention is drawn to the information below, which
details your right of appeal.

 

Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please do
not hesitate to contact this office.

 

              Yours sincerely

                

 

 

               Rachel Mumford

               Information Compliance

 

 

WARWICKSHIRE POLICE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION APPEALS PROCEDURE

 

This appeals procedure is issued in accordance with paragraph 36 of the
Lord Chancellor’s Freedom of Information Access Code of Practice.

 

Appeal Notification

 

When a Freedom of Information (FOI) applicant, who has made a request for
information, is dissatisfied with the response received from Warwickshire
Police, the FOI  applicant should inform Warwickshire Police in writing
within 20 working days (this may be by email) of the reasons why the
response is deemed unsatisfactory.

 

Should a person feel that Warwickshire Police is not complying with its
Publication Scheme, the person should inform Warwickshire Police in
writing (this may be by email) of the reasons for their dissatisfaction.

 

Action by Warwickshire Police

 

When a dissatisfaction report is received, the circumstances of the
dispute will be reviewed initially by the Decision Makers in the Freedom
of Information Office.

 

If the Decision Makers are unable to resolve the dispute with the FOI
applicant, the dispute will be referred to a Board comprising a Head of
Department and a Chief Officer. The Board will not have been involved in
the original decision making process to compile the response.

 

The Board will consider the dispute and will advise the FOI applicant of
their decision as soon as practicable, but within 20 working days.

 

Further Action by FOI Applicant

 

If the FOI applicant remains dissatisfied with the Warwickshire Police
response, they then have the option to refer the case to the Information
Commissioner.

 

 

 

Freedom of Information
Office                                                                 
October 2015

 

 

 

 

 

[1]Warwickshire Police and West Mercia Police are working together to
deliver high-quality, value for money, policing services as efficiently
and effectively as possible for local communities.

Warwickshire Police and West Mercia Police are working together to deliver
high-quality, value for money, policing services as efficiently and
effectively as possible for local communities.

Please visit [2]http://www.warwickshire.police.uk/ for more force news and
information.

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[5]Join the Special Constabulary and Make the Difference Make the
difference
For more information about becoming a Special Constable,
please visit,

Warwickshire Police: [6]www.warwickshire.police.uk/specialconstables
West Mercia Police: [7]www.westmercia.police.uk/specialconstables

References

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2. Launches Warwickshire Police Website
http://www.warwickshire.police.uk/
3. http://www.warwickshire.police.uk/
http://www.warwickshire.police.uk/
4. http://www.westmercia.police.uk/
http://www.westmercia.police.uk/
6. file:///tmp/www.warwickshire.police.uk/specialconstables
7. file:///tmp/www.westmercia.police.uk/specialconstables

Dear Ms Mumford,

Thank you for your response to my FOI Request. I appreciate receipt of the information you were able to supply and understand the reason why the remainder is unavailable.

Yours sincerely,
Anne Nichols

@ Freedom of Information, Warwickshire Police

 

Dear Ms Nichols

Thank you for your request below, received by Warwickshire Police on
August 29, 2016.

 

I would like to know how many reports of intimidation, harassment, abuse
or bullying have been reported to you by Members of Parliament or their
staff between 12th September 2015 and today.

 

Your request will now be considered in accordance with the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.  You will receive a response within the statutory
timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Act, subject to the
information not being exempt or containing a reference to a third party. 
In some circumstances we may be unable to achieve this deadline.  If this
is likely you will be informed and given a revised timescale at the
earliest opportunity.

In some cases there may be a fee payable for the retrieval, collation and
provision of the information you request.  If this is the case you will be
informed and the 20 working day timescale will be suspended until we
receive payment from you. If you choose not to make payment then your
request will remain unanswered. Some requests may also require either full
or partial transference to another public authority in order to answer
your query in the fullest possible way. Again, you will be informed if
this is the case.

Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please do
not hesitate to contact this office.

Yours sincerely

 

Information Compliance
Warwickshire Police

[1]Remember, in an emergency call 999. For all another queries and non-
emergency situations, call 101 or 01926 415000.

Remember, in an emergency call 999. For all another queries and non-
emergency situations, call 101 or 01926 415000.

Please visit [2]http://www.warwickshire.police.uk/ for more force news and
information.

Think - do you need to print this email?

View our new Warwickshire Police and West Mercia Police websites at:
[3]www.warwickshire.police.uk and [4]www.westmercia.police.uk

[5]Join the Special Constabulary and Make the Difference Make the
difference
For more information about becoming a Special Constable,
please visit,

Warwickshire Police: [6]www.warwickshire.police.uk/specialconstables
West Mercia Police: [7]www.westmercia.police.uk/specialconstables

References

Visible links
2. Launches Warwickshire Police Website
http://www.warwickshire.police.uk/
3. http://www.warwickshire.police.uk/
http://www.warwickshire.police.uk/
4. http://www.westmercia.police.uk/
http://www.westmercia.police.uk/
6. file:///tmp/www.warwickshire.police.uk/specialconstables
7. file:///tmp/www.westmercia.police.uk/specialconstables