Dear Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Ltd,

1. Who is providing security during the Commonwealth Games? Is it West Midlands Police, or a combination of the army, West Midlands Police, and G4S?
2. How much money has Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Ltd provided in its budget for security during Commonwealth Games?
3. How many constabulary police forces in England and Wales have been drafted in to provide additional security for the Commonwealth Games? Please provide a list of named police forces.
4. How much budget has been allocated for training and security development of officers during the Commonwealth Games?

Please could this information be provided in a CSV or other machine readable format. Please provide a response upon receipt of this email today with the reference number for this request and a timescale for your response.

If providing this information would trigger the cost exemption, please let me know as soon as possible, and I will refine my request. If this request is unclear, I would be grateful if you could contact me as I understand that under the Act, you are required to advise and assist requesters. If any of this information is already in the public domain, please can you direct me to it, with page references and URLs if necessary.

If the release of any of this information is prohibited on the grounds of breach of confidence, I ask that you supply me with copies of the confidentiality agreement and remind you that information should not be treated as confidential if such an agreement has not been signed.

If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please promptly provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.

I understand that you are required to respond to my request within the 20 working days after you receive this letter. If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact me via email or phone and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for and discuss the request.

Yours faithfully,

Rhi Storer