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Working Hours - 229/12

Dated: 07 Jun 2011

Date of request:  24/02/2012

Date of response:  13 /03/2012

Provision of information held by Northumbria Police made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the 'Act')(FOIA)

Thank you for your email dated 24th February 2012 in which you made a request for access to certain information which may be held by Northumbria Police.

As you may be aware the purpose of the Act is to allow a general right of access to information held by a Public Authority (including the Police), subject to certain limitations and exemptions.

You asked: 

With regards to my earlier request - FOI 145/12 refers can I please resubmit and ask For  the  seven  day period commencing 24/1/11 could you please provide  the  details  of  total   hours  worked individually by inspecting ranks in  your  force  i.e.  inspectors  and  chief  inspectors,  whether  uniform  or  CID  officers?  Please break down by officer.

In response:

We have now had the opportunity to fully consider your request and I provide a response for your attention.

Following receipt of your request, further searches were conducted with the HR Department of Northumbria Police.  I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by Northumbria Police.

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you as follows.

The wide variation in hours relates to a combination of annual leave and shift patterns worked by officers during the seven day period requested. Shift patterns do not correspond with a Monday to Sunday calendar and therefore the period requested will cover more than one 'working week'. The hours all officers and staff work is governed by working time directives and health and safety legislation.

The information we have supplied to you is likely to contain intellectual property rights of Northumbria Police.  Your use of the information must be strictly in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended) or such other applicable legislation.  In particular, you must not re-use this information for any commercial purpose.


How to complain

If you are unhappy with our decision or do not consider that we have handled your request properly and we are unable to resolve this issue informally, you are entitled to make a formal complaint to us under our complaints procedure which can be found at: http://www.northumbria.police.uk/foi/disclosurelog/foicomprights.asp

If you are still unhappy after we have investigated your complaint and reported to you the outcome, you may complain directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office and request that they investigate to ascertain whether we have dealt with your request in accordance with the Act.

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