The calculation of Police Injury On Duty Pensions

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Dear Gloucestershire Constabulary,

The calculation of Police Injury On Duty Pensions

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 I wish to ask the
following questions in relation to the calculation process of
Police Injury On Duty Pension banding calculations.
I ask this as there appears to be different ways of calculating
this throughout the UK.

a) Is a theoretical/notional earning figure (sometimes referred to
as a Police Earnings Assessment Matrix **PEAM**) used in the
calculation of Police Injury On Duty Pensions in Gloucestershire?

b) Is this figure which is normally a monetary value utilised in a
formula by the Selected Medical Practioner to calculate a banding
of the injury pension.

c) If this PEAM figure is used, at what part of the process is it
used? Is it used in the initial (first) part of the injury on duty
pension assessment to use as one of the multipliers or is this used
when a review of an IOD pension is taking place?

I ask this as I am aware some Police Services throughout the UK use
this theoretical earning figure at differing parts of the process
of calculating IOD pension bandings, some use it during the very
first part of the process at the very first IOD pension assessment
and some only use it at the point of a review instigated by the IOD
pensioner or by the Police Pension administrator.

It is clear that not using this theoretical earning figure at the
very first assessment will possibly result in a higher banding with
solely the SMP disablement percentage used for the banding i.e. 25%
(band 1), 44% (band 2), 75% (band 3) & 90% (band 4).

I ask, at which point do Gloucestershire Police IOD pension administrator
use this theoretical earning figure and could an example of the
formula or examples of the formulas be given. Is the theoretical
figure used during the very first part of the IOD calculation or is
it only used during a review process?

Is the use of this theoretical earning figure in such calculations
lawful and what law/ legistlation/ guidance is used. If it is
lawful what law/legistlation/guidance is followed?

I understand that under The Act I am entitled to a response within
20 days working days within your receipt of this request.

If there any parts of this FOI that cannot be answered could a
reason be given for this, if my request is denied in part or fully
I respectfully request that a full explanation be given for this
and ask that any deletions are justified with reference to specific
parts of The Act.

Please acknowledge receipt of this FOI request and I look forward
to your reply in the near future.

Yours faithfully,

K T soloman

Dear Mr Soloman

Enquiry Ref : 2015.167

I acknowledge receipt of your enquiry, which we received on 02/03/2015,
requesting information concerning:
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 I wish to ask the following
questions in relation to the calculation process of Police Injury On Duty
Pension banding calculations.
I ask this as there appears to be different ways of calculating this
throughout the UK.
 
a) Is a theoretical/notional earning figure (sometimes referred to as a
Police Earnings Assessment Matrix **PEAM**) used in the calculation of
Police Injury On Duty Pensions in Gloucestershire?
 
b) Is this figure which is normally a monetary value utilised in a formula
by the Selected Medical Practioner to calculate a banding of the injury
pension.
 
c) If this PEAM figure is used, at what part of the process is it used? Is
it used in the initial (first) part of the injury on duty pension
assessment to use as one of the multipliers or is this used when a review
of an IOD pension is taking place?
 
I ask this as I am aware some Police Services throughout the UK use this
theoretical earning figure at differing parts of the process of
calculating IOD pension bandings, some use it during the very first part
of the process at the very first IOD pension assessment and some only use
it at the point of a review instigated by the IOD pensioner or by the
Police Pension administrator.
 
It is clear that not using this theoretical earning figure at the very
first assessment will possibly result in a higher banding with solely the
SMP disablement percentage used for the banding i.e. 25% (band 1), 44%
(band 2), 75% (band 3) & 90% (band 4).
 
I ask, at which point do Gloucestershire Police IOD pension administrator
use this theoretical earning figure and could an example of the formula or
examples of the formulas be given. Is the theoretical figure used during
the very first part of the IOD calculation or is it only used during a
review process?
 
Is the use of this theoretical earning figure in such calculations lawful
and what law/ legistlation/ guidance is used. If it is lawful what
law/legistlation/guidance is followed?
As set out by the Freedom of Information Act, it will be our aim to
respond to your request by 30/03/2015. However, it may be that we need to
seek further clarification or information from you. This will add to the
time in which we are allowed to respond to your request, of which you will
be advised, together with the likely timescale within which the response
will be provided.

If you have any questions regarding your request please contact me.

Yours sincerely
 
Miss G Richards
Disclosure Officer
 

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Dear FOI,
Under the FOIA 2000, you are required by law to answer requests
within a period of 20 days. This period has now lapsed, and I
require you to answer the FOI Request, and to explain why, the
request was not answered within the given time frame.

Yours sincerely,

K T soloman

Dear K T Soloman

Thank you for your email, please accept our sincere apologies for the delay in getting back to you. Your request is in progress however we are waiting for the Constabulary HR department to provide a response to your questions, the Information Disclosure team has been chasing this response regularly and I will make the HR department aware of your email as well.

Please again accept my apologies and I will try to get a response to you as soon as possible, hopefully this will be by the end of this week.

Many thanks
Anna

Anna Pressman
244324
Information Assurance
Gloucestershire Constabulary
Police Headquarters|No.1 Waterwells|Quedgeley|GL2 2AN
01452 75 4304
Force Control Room - 101
www.gloucestershire.police.uk

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Dear Gloucestershire Constabulary,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Gloucestershire Constabulary's handling of my FOI request 'The calculation of Police Injury On Duty Pensions'.

I FOI request was submiited and there has been a lack of disclosure with in the 40 days time frame.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/t...

Yours faithfully,

K T soloman

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Dear K T Soloman

 

Please find attached the response relating to FOI Request 2015.167. Please
accept my apologies for the delay in replying.

Yours sincerely

Miss G Richards

 

G Richards

Disclosure Officer

Information Disclosure / Information Assurance

Gloucestershire Constabulary

 

1 Waterwells Drive | Quedgeley | Gloucester | GL2 2AN

Tel – 01452 754304 | Force Control Room - 101

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