Dear Mr Munce

I write in connection with your request for information as shown below.

A) The total number of police staff working within your Professional Standards Department.
B) The number of these that will be reaching retirement or end of service within the next 12 months.

Your request will now be considered in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act). You should expect to 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 Derbyshire Constabulary may be unable to achieve this deadline. If this is likely you will be informed and given a revised timescale at the earliest opportunity.

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 write or contact the Freedom of Information Officer, on the telephone number below quoting the reference number shown in the header of this e-mail.

Yours sincerely

Christine South
Disclosure Assistant
Freedom of Information Unit
Information Management Section
Corporate Services
Derbyshire Constabulary, Butterley Hall, Ripley, Derbyshire DE5 3RS
Tel: 01773 572082 (Internal 700 2082)
Email: [email address]
Website: www.derbyshire.police.uk

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Mr Munce,

Thank you for your recent FOI request which is receiving attention. 
However, in order for me to finalise it I need some clarification.

On the ‘What do They Know’ website your request is titled ‘Retiring
Officers in the Complaints Department’ but your actual request asks for
the numbers of police staff working within the department.  From an
employment perspective police officers and police staff are distinct and
depending on which group you mean the figures/response may differ. 
Therefore could you please clarify which group it is that you are
interested in?

Please note that pending receipt of such clarification your request will
be placed on hold.  Additionally if I do not receive the clarification
requested within 20 working days I will assume the information is no
longer required and close the application.

Yours sincerely,

Kevin Lea

Freedom of Information Officer

Derbyshire Constabulary, Police Headquarters, Butterley Hall, Ripley,
Derbyshire.  DE5 3RS

Tel: 101   Direct Dial: 01773 572776 

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Mr Munce,

Thank you for making a Freedom of Information request to the Derbyshire Constabulary.

Please find attached our response to your request.

Yours sincerely,

Kevin Lea

Freedom of Information Officer

Derbyshire Constabulary, Police Headquarters, Butterley Hall, Ripley, Derbyshire. DE5 3RS

Tel: 101 Direct Dial: 01773 572776

Email: [email address]

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Mr Munce,

Please accept my apologies but before I begin to arrange for an internal
review I need further clarification of what exactly you are dissatisfied
with relative to your initial request and my response.

Within your request you asked two specific questions: -

A) The total number of police staff working within your Professional
Standards Department. (Civilian and Police officers)

 B) The number of these that will be reaching retirement or end of service
within the next 12 months (Police Officers only)

In relation to A) I refused to give an answer as per S17 of the Act by
claiming an exemption under S22 – Information Intended for Future
Publication.  The rationale for this was fully explained in my letter and
I referred you to a Home Office website which gives the number of officers
and police staff working in the Derbyshire Constabulary broken down in to
departments of which PSD was one.  I made it clear that this response was
specific to A) only and that the information in respect of B) was provided
further in the letter.

In relation to your second question, B), my response was ‘Four’.  This can
be found at the top of page 3 immediately following the second Home Office
link provided. 

Given that I have answered both questions and not linked in any way the
answer for A) to B) I cannot at this stage see what it is you wish to
review.  If I have misunderstood your request for an internal review or
didn’t clarify my initial response sufficiently please accept my
apologies.

Once you have had chance to read the above could please clarify what
action, if any, you require taking next and why.

Yours sincerely,

Kevin Lea

Freedom of Information Officer

Derbyshire Constabulary, Police Headquarters, Butterley Hall, Ripley,
Derbyshire.  DE5 3RS

Tel: 101   Direct Dial: 01773 572776 

Email: [1][email address]

Web: [2]http://www.derbyshire.police.uk

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