FOI 81756
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 81756
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 14th May 2021. Please find below the response to your request:
1) How many police officers with your force have been found to have breached coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions?
2) For each police officer found to have breached coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions, could you tell me their rank?
3) For each police officer found to have breached coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions, could you briefly outline the details of the case, the date it occurred and the outcome (e.g. fine issued) and whether the officer still works for your force?
4) How other many members of staff employed by your force (i.e. members of staff who are not police officers) have been found to have breached coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions?
5) For each case listed in your answer to question 4, could you briefly outline the details of the case, the date it occurred and the outcome (e.g. fine issued) and whether the member of staff still works for your force?
Reply:-
Your request for information has been considered in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the Act”), and I am not obliged to provide the information requested.
S.12(1) of the Act states that a public authority is not obliged to comply with a request for information if the authority estimates that the cost of complying with the request would exceed the “appropriate limit”. For police forces in England and Wales, the "appropriate limit" is £450 or 18 hours of work as set by the Freedom of Information (Fees and Appropriate Limit) Regulations 2004.
The information you have requested is not available in a readily retrievable format. In order to ascertain whether the information you have requested is held would take in excess of 18 hours as the only definitive way to determine the information for this request will be to contact all police officer’s supervisors as it is not held centrally.
In accordance with s.17(5) of the Act, this acts as a Refusal Notice.
Under s.16 of the Act I have a duty to provide advice and assistance in relation to your request. Unfortunately, due to the records not being held centrally and being easily retrievable I am unable to identify information that could be supplied within the fees limit.