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FOI requests responded to between June 2017 - May 2018

Below are a selection of responses to requests made under the Freedom of Information Act between 1st June 2017 and 31st May 2018.

Appointments/recruitment

 

1 June 2017 - Appointments / recruitment - response

Please tell me:

  1. How much is your Chief Executive paid?
  2. When did they start work in the OPCC?
  3. What payment was made to the previous Chief Executive when they left?
  4. How many OPCC staff have been made redundant, dismissed or taken voluntary exit or early retirement since April 2016?
  5. What is the total amount given to them in voluntary exit payments, redundancy pay, severance payments, lump sums, payments in lieu of notice, compensation awards and pension payments?
  6. What was the single highest payment?

 

Expenses/cost

3 April 2018 - Expenses / cost - response

Please provide information regarding the following:

  • What % increase is the Police Commissioner receiving on her salary this fiscal year and next fiscal year?
  • On top of the Police Commissioner's £85,000 salary (3 X the national average) what pension benefits will she be receiving once retired from the post?
  • Is the pension offered to the holder of the office of PCC a final salary scheme? If so, how can this expenditure be justified out of public funds?
  • Does the office of Police Commissioner also come with private medical insurance? If so, how can this expenditure be justified out of public funds?
  • How much did the PCC flyer, included in the letter containing my council tax bill, cost and is it really a justified expense on the public purse?

  • Do you think the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner should be abolished?

12 February 2018 - Expenses / cost - response

Please provide information regarding the following questions:

  1. In the financial years 15/16, 16/17 and 17/18:
    1. How many grants were awared to organisations in which at least one of the outcomes was to provide services to victims of stalking?
    2. What was the total monetary value of these grants?
    3. Which organisations were awarded?

 

16 November 2017 - Expenses / cost - response

I am requesting the following information under the freedom of information act:

  1. What is the daily rate you pay your legally qualified chair for misconduct panels?
  2. Are there any other fees you pay your LQC for any work related to misconduct hearings, preparations and report writing? If so, please give details.
  3. What is the faily rate you pay you supporting members of misconduct panels?
  4. Are there any other fees you pay to misconduct panel members for any relevant work? If so, please give details.
  5. Are officers subject to misconduct proceedings able to claim expenses, eg for travel? If so, please give details.
  6. Please release full details of all expenses claimed in connection with misconduct hearings, investigation, preparation and reports, broken down by each hearing for the last twelve months.
  7. How many misconduct hearings have you held in the last twelve months and how long did they last for?

 

16 November 2017 - Expenses / cost - response

Please provide information regarding the following questions:

  1. Did your PCC, their deputy or any OPCC staff attend the Conservative party conference in October this year? If not, you may disregard the below questions
  2. If so, how many people attended, for how long and did they take annual leave?
  3. How much public money was spent on:
    1. Accommodation – please name the hotel where they stayed
    2. Travel – please state what type of transport and class of travel (ie first class etc)
    3. Entertainment and subsistence – please name any restaurants where meals eaten
    4. Sundry expenses
  4. Was there any correspondence between the PCC and anyone within the OPCC regarding any aspect of the trip including the cost? If so please provide copies

 

Miscellaneous

 

21 September 2017 - Miscellaneous - response

Please tell me:

  1. How many subject access requests did you receive the identifying paperwork for and process in 2014?
  2. How many subject access requests did you receive the identifying paperwork for and process in 2015?
  3. How many subject access requests did you receive the identifying paperwork for and process in 2016?
  4. How many subject access requests you rejected in 2014?
  5. How many subject access requests you rejected in 2015?
  6. How many subject access requests you rejected in 2016?
  7. What was the average cost for you to process a subject access request in 2014?
  8. What was the average cost for you to process a subject access request in 2015?
  9. What was the average cost for you to process a subject access request in 2016?
  10. How much do you charge an individual to process a subject access request?

 

Public engagement

 

7th February 2018 - Public engagement - response

I would like to request the following information:

  1. Does your organisation have a Facebook Page(s)? If yes, what is/are the url(s) and when were they set up?
  2. Does your organisation advertise or spend any money on Facebook? If yes, please can you outline what expenditure has occurred and break down expenditure per calendar year (January to December) since 2004?
  3. Does your organisation have a Twitter Account? If yes, what is/are the url(s) and when were they set up?
  4. Does your organisation advertise or spend any money on Twitter? If yes, please can you outline what expenditure has occurred and break down expenditure per calendar year (January to December) since 2006?
  5. Does your organisation use Google G-Suite services (Google services) or does your organisation rely on google for any services (such as email hosting)? If yes, what are the services, when were they agreed and how much did they cost?
  6. Does your organisation advertise or spend any money on Google? If yes, please can you outline what expenditure has occurred and break down expenditure per calendar year (January to December) since the payments first began?
  7. Is there an official policy for the use of organisational Facebook or Twitter Accounts (ie how to post, what to use it for and when to delete or preserve records)? If there is a policy (or policies) please may I be provided with them?

 

 

24th July 2017 - Public engagement - response

Please provide the total number of complaints received about the police and crime commissioner following her comments about dealing with terrorists during a radio interview on BB radio Cornwall

- copies of all correspondence received refarding these complaints

- all correspondence between the PCC and Devon and Cornwall police (officers at any level including the Chief Constable) and correspondence between other staff at the office of the PCC, about the comments raised and the suggestion made by the PCC.

This was clarified as:

All expressions of dissatisfaction that have been raised to the office of the PCC. This includes:

- written communications

- any communications via social media

These should include those comments raised within the complaints process and outside of.

 

Victims

 

3 August 2017 - Victims - response

Please provide information regarding the following:

  1. For each of the past five years (including 2017 to date), please provide a list of the local groups to receive funding from the PCC/Mayor/Authority for the provision of support to victims of rape and sexual assault; together with the amount of money provided.
  2. Has the PCC/Mayor/Authority given any consideration to any waiting lists for rape and sexual violence support, and how such waiting lists can be mitigated against. If so, please provide details.