Wrong fuel in Cars

The request was successful.

Dear Police Service of Northern Ireland,

Q1. Please provide the number of diesel vehicles currently operated by the PSNI.

Q2. The number of occasions any of these vehicles has been
mis-filled with petrol requiring unscheduled servicing during each of the last two years.

Q3. Please provide the total direct cost associated with the
mis-fuelling events.

Q4. If the motor vehicles are owned/maintained by a leasing company please provide the name of the leasing company.

Yours faithfully,

Ben

Police Service of Northern Ireland

Dear Ben

Thank you for your correspondence dated 05 March 2011 in which you ask for information about the wrong fuel in cars.

For your correspondence to be treated as a valid request under the Freedom of Information Act we need to have your real name.The real name has been defined in the Information Commissioners guidance as

"title and/or first name with surname satisfies the requirement for provision of a real name"

Please find below a link to the ICO guidance on section 8 entitled valid request - name and address for correspondence

http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/l...

I would be most grateful if you can provide me with these details at your earliest convenience

Yours sincerely

Mr Gordon Reid
Corporate Information Manager

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Dear Police Service of Northern Ireland,

My name is Ben Brown.

Yours faithfully,

Ben

Police Service of Northern Ireland

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March 9, 2011

Dear Mr Brown,

FREEDOM of INFORMATION ACT 2000

I write in connection with your request for information dated March 5, 2011 which was received by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) on March 7, 2011. I note you seek access to the following information:

Police Vehicles

This request will be dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. A response should be sent to you within 20 working days. The Freedom of Information team will advise you in writing if there are any delays in responding to your request and will keep you advised of progress.

In the event where the cost of complying with the request would exceed the "appropriate level", which is fixed at £450, as stated in the Freedom of Information Regulations 2004, it is the policy of the PSNI to close the request. You will however be notified of this decision and given an opportunity to refine and resubmit the request.

If your request requires either full or partial transference to another public authority in order to answer your query, again, you will be notified.
If you have any queries regarding your request please write or contact the Freedom of Information Team on 028 9070 0164. Please remember to quote the reference number listed above in any future communications with the Freedom of Information Team.

If you are dissatisfied in any way with the handling of your request, you have the right to request a review.You should do this as soon as possible, or in any case within two months of the date of issue of this letter.In the event that you require a review to be undertaken, you can do so by writing to the Head of Freedom of Information, PSNI Headquarters, 65 Knock Road, Belfast, BT5 6LE or by emailing [email address].

If following an internal review, carried out by an independent decision maker, you were to remain dissatisfied in any way with the handling of the request you may make a complaint,under Section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act, to the Information Commissioner's Office and ask that they investigate whether the PSNI has complied with the terms of the Freedom of Information Act. You can write to the Information Commissioner at Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. In most circumstances the Information Commissioner will not investigate a complaint unless an internal review procedure has been carried out, however the Commissioner has the option to investigate the matter at his discretion.

Yours sincerely,

Mr Gordon Reid
Corporate Information Manager

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Police Service of Northern Ireland

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Subject: F-2011-00674

March 31, 2011

Dear Mr Brown,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000

I refer to your request for information dated March 5, 2011 which was received by the Police Service of Northern Ireland on March 7, 2011 concerning:

Mis-fuelling of Police Vehicles

Please find attached response to your request.

Yours sincerely

Mr Gordon Reid
Corporate Information Manager

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