FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
Information Provided by the Authority
Set out below is the information that the Police Authority makes available under the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act. The majority of information is held on the Authority’s website, and a link is provided to the appropriate part of the website where this is the case. Where the document is not available online, no link is included. Details on how to access that information are also provided below.
WHO WE ARE & WHAT WE DO
Structure of the Authority
- Role & statutory responsibilities
- Names of members of the Authority together with Members’ profiles and contact details
- Appointment of Members
- Members Attendance Records (Please contact the Authority office on 01743 264690)
- Membership of Standards Committee
- Membership/Composition of the Independent Member Selection Panel
- Governance (committee/panel) structure (including terms of reference)
- Independent Custody Visiting (including details of the scheme)
Staff Structure of the Authority
- Overview of staff structure including an outline of responsibilities
- Contact details for those staff dealing with the public
Contact Information
- Central contact point for general enquiries
- Geographical contacts – to include, where appropriate, specific Member links with parts of the force area
Other Appointments
This section include details of the processes and policies adopted in terms of the following appointments:-
- Member appointments
- Independent Custody Visitor appointments (including memorandum of understanding and appointment & appeals procedure)
- Chief Officer appointments. (Please contact the Authority office on 01743 264690)
- Other appointments (to include Standards Committee, Selection Panel, Independent Members on Misconduct Hearings etc) (Please contact the Authority office on 01743 264690)
Partnerships
The Police Authority is a responsible authority in terms of the Crime & Disorder Act 1998 and is therefore a co-signatory to the partnership plans in place for the CDRPs within their area.
A copy of the plans for the respective areas is available on request from the Chief Executive. The plans set out how resources will be used at the local level to address issues of crime and disorder.
The Authority is represented on the following Community Safety Partnerships (CSP):
- Herefordshire Community Safety & Drugs Partnership
- North Worcestershire Community Safety Partnership Board
- Bromsgrove CSP Steering Group
- Redditch CSP
- Wyre Forest CSP Steering Group
- South Worcestershire CSP
- Safer Shropshire Partnership
- Telford Safer & Stronger Communities Partnership
The Authority is also a member of the following Local Strategic Partnerships in West Mercia:
- Herefordshire Partnership
- Shropshire Partnership: Leadership Board
- Shropshire Safer and Communities Board
- Telford Local Strategic Partnership
- Worcestershire Safer Communities Board
- Worcestershire Partnership Board
A copy of the Local Area Agreements for the Authority area are also available on request from the Chief Executive. (Please contact the Authority office on 01743 264690)
WHAT WE SPEND AND HOW WE SPEND IT
- Summary of revenue budget estimates of the Authority
- Annual Statement of Accounts
- Budgets set for the force
Expenses and allowances paid to Members and senior employed staff
- Members Allowance Scheme
- Allowances paid to Members. (Please contact the Authority office on 01743 264690)
- Expenses paid to Chief Executive and Treasurer (where applicable). (Please contact the Authority office on 01743 264690)
- Annual Audit Letter
Financial Audit Reports
- Police Use of Resources Report (PURE)
Internal financial regulations and delegated authority
- Authorities financial regulations
WHAT ARE PRIORITIES ARE AND HOW WE ARE DOING
Strategic Plan or Local Policing Objectives
- Policing Plan
- Local Policing Summary
- Human Resources Strategy
Reports on service provision, performance assessments and operational assessments
All reports considered by public meetings of the Authority are available for public inspection.
- Summaries of Panel meetings are reported to Police Authority meetings
- Local crime statistics
Reports by external inspectors
- Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary
- Audit Commission
- National Police Improvement Agency
Statistical information provided to the Authority
- Summaries of Panels where statistical information on sickness absence; recruitment & staffing targets; secondments; grievance & employment tribunal cases are reported to Police Authority meetings
Police Authority self assessment process
- Details of the assessments made by the Authority against the Association of Police Authority’s self assessment framework, including action plans developed to address areas of weakness (please contact the Authority office on 01743 264690)
HOW WE MAKE DECISIONS
Schedule of meetings open to the public
- Committee meetings
- ‘Policing Matters’ public consultation meetings
- Committee Minutes
- Panel Summaries
Background papers for meetings open to the public
- Terms of reference of the Authority and its committees and panels – see Appendix A of the Standing Orders document
- Standing Orders
Facts & analyses of facts used for decision making
- Equality Impact Assessments (Please contact the Authority office on 01743 264690)
Public Consultations
- Community Engagement Information
- Joint Community Engagement Strategy
- List of forthcoming public meetings
OUR POLICIES & PROCEDURES
Policies and procedures for the conduct of the Authority’s business
- Standing orders
- Terms of reference – see Appendix A of the Standing Orders document
- Authority Work Programme (Authority Work Programmes are included as part of meeting papers on a regular basis)
- Code of Corporate Governance (Please contact the Authority office on 01743 264690)
- Members Code of Conduct
- Financial Regulations
- Joint Community Engagement Strategy
- Delegation to Officers (Please contact the Authority office on 01743 264690)
- Officer/Member protocol
- Members’ Induction & Development programme
- Combined Equality Scheme
- Policing Budget
- Disciplinary procedure (Please contact the Authority office on 01743 264690)
- Grievance procedure (Please contact the Authority office on 01743 264690)
Policies and procedures for the provision of services
- Freedom of Information Publication Scheme (including charging policy in relation to the copying and provision of documents) (link to web page)
Policies and procedures about the employment of staff
This section relates specifically to the employment of staff. Those other members and volunteers which the Authority appoints will come under the section at the start of the Scheme.
- Disciplinary procedure (Please contact the Authority office on 01743 264690)
- Grievance procedure (Please contact the Authority office on 01743 264690)
Customer Service
- Complaints procedure
- against the actions of the Authority (organisational complaints)
- about Members (through the local assessment of complaints framework)
- through the Ombudsman if not a Code of Conduct issue about Staff
- About your experience of stop & search
- Minimum standards for responding to requests for information
Records Management & Personal Data policies
- Information security policies (Please contact the Authority office on 01743 264690)
- Records retention policies (Please contact the Authority office on 01743 264690)
- Destruction & archive policies (Please contact the Authority office on 01743 264690)
- Data protection policies (Please contact the Authority office on 01743 264690)
LISTS & REGISTERS
- Register of Members’ Interests (Please contact the Authority office on 01743 264690)
- Register of Gifts & Hospitality (Please contact the Authority office on 01743 264690)
- FoI Act Disclosure Log (Please contact the Authority office on 01743 264690)
SERVICES WE OFFER
Information about the provision of the Authority’s services
- Council tax leaflet
- Local Policing Summaries
Media Releases
Services for which the Authority is entitled to recover a fee, together with those fees.
(Please contact the Authority office on 01743 264690)
