FAQ Details

Chief Officers Bonuses - 659/11

Dated: 27 Sep 2011

Date of request: 30/08/2011

Date of response: 27/09/2011

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

Thank you for your email dated 30 August 2011 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: 

I wish to make an application under the Freedom of Information Act regarding the payment of bonuses to chief officers.  My questions are as follows:

  1. How much was paid in bonuses to your chief officers (i.e. chief, deputy and assistants) in the financial year 2010/2011 ? Can you please make it clear as to whether these bonuses related to the year 2010/2011 or were delayed payments for previous years ?

  2. Are your chief officers due to receive any bonus payments in 2011/2012 ? If so, how much and, again, can you please make it clear as to whether these are delayed payments for previous years ? 

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, searches were conducted with the Finance Department of Northumbria Police.  I can confirm that the information you have requested is held, in part, by Northumbria Police.

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

  1. Details of bonus values paid to Senior Officers in the financial year 2010/11 are published within the Northumbria Police Authority Statement of Accounts 2010/2011 (unaudited), normally available from the Police Authority Website.  In order to aid and assist you I have attached a copy below.

    Bonus payment are made in arrears, details of which year they relate to are identified within the Statement of Accounts.

  2. No information held.  As of the date of your request no bonus payments have been made to Chief Officers during 2011/2012 and Payroll have not been notified to date to make any such payments.

    Northumbria Police Authority decide the criteria and would approve any bonuses within the overall national Chief Officers Bonus Scheme.  Therefore, you may wish to address this question directly to the Police Authority.

    The national Bonus Scheme is operated by the Police Authority in relation to all Chief Officers, in consultation with Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC). 

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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FOI Complaint Policy
FOI 659-11

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