TV Licensing Staff - Discipline and Criminal Convictions
Dear British Broadcasting Corporation,
I am making this request for information under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Under the terms of the Act, please provide the following information:
1. The total number of TV Licensing staff that have been formally disciplined for misconduct relating to the prosecution process. Please provide this information as a yearly breakdown from 2008 to present.
2. The total number of TV Licensing staff that have been formally disciplined for misconduct in relation to the gathering of evidence. This includes any that have been disciplined for inaccurate completion of TVL178 Record of Interview forms. Please provide this information as a yearly breakdown from 2008 to present.
3. The total number of TV Licensing staff that have been convicted of criminal offences committed during the
course of their TV Licensing duties since the year 2000. Please provide this information as a yearly breakdown, which also shows the nature of offences committed and the geographic location (county, town or city) the staff were based.
4. The total number of complaints that police have received about the conduct of TV Licensing staff and the outcome of those complaints. Obviously this will only encompass complaints that the BBC has been made directly aware of. Please provide this information as a yearly breakdown, which also shows the nature of the complaint and the geographic location (county, town or city) the staff were based.
Please note that I have previously made requests similar to point 3 above, but it is now reasonable to assume that more recent information exists.
For the avoidance of doubt, by "TV Licensing staff" I mean anyone engaged in TV licence enforcement/administration who is employed of any of the TV Licensing contracted companies; by "formally disciplined" I mean any member of staff that has received a formal written warning or more severe sanction.
I look forward to prompt and concise disclosure, in accordance with the spirit of the Act.
Yours faithfully,
Peter Jones
Dear Mr Jones,
Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, as detailed in your email below. Your request was received on 18th August 2013. We will deal with your request as promptly as possible, and at the latest within 20 working days. If you have any queries about your request, please contact us at the address below.
The reference number for your request is RFI20131204.
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