Freedom of Information Disclosure Log 2015 | Police and Crime Commissioner for West Yorkshire

Information requests and disclosures for 2015.

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Request Date	Request	Disclosure
No Freedom of Information Act requests in December 2015
16/11/15	How much it costs to run the Commissioner's Office on a yearly basis? What results and how efficient the Office is? Is it value for Money?	Response part 1 (PDF 62KB) Response part 2 (PDF 5.22MB) Response part 3 (PDF 1.46MB)
No Freedom of Information Act requests in October 2015
16/09/15	We would be grateful to receive all information you hold on and in relation to the following: 1. All contracts awarded through the commissioning of sexual violence/abuse services or sexual violence/abuse related services in 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15. Please include the following details: 1.1. Names of organisations awarded contracts 1.2. Financial amounts awarded 1.3. The duration of the contracts (including breakdown of amount awarded per year) In relation to the above, please specify the category of the contracted services, i.e.: (i) advocacy, including independent sexual violence (ISVA) advice services (ii) face to face services: counselling, emotional support, group support (iii) forensic sexual assault services, including Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs). 2. Plans, strategies or other public documents that relate to spending and investment in sexual violence/abuse services or sexual violence/abuse related services.	Response (PDF 193KB)
28/08/15	Annual budget; numbers of band members;of the total number,how many are serving police officers? How many are police support staff? How many are 'police volunteers? How many who do not fall into above categories? How often does the band rehearse? How many engagements does the band fulfill on average each year? Does your band make a charge for engagements and if so how much? Does your band charge for every engagement/concert it undertakes? If no charge is made, what criteria is put in place to forgo any charges? How many engagements in the past 12 months have not incurred a charge? Some of the bands have smaller bands within them, do you make a charge for these small ensembles? If so how much? Does your band hold the relevant licences to perform music in a public place (performing rights society) and/or to collect money in a public place (local government (miscellaneous provisions) act 1982 street trading policy)? How many street collections has your band undertaken in the past 12 months and how much was collected? If your band does hold a street collection at outdoor performances, who benefits from the money collected? (the force or charity) if any such monies collected are for the band, are they a registered charity? Do members of the band receive any remuneration? eg do police officers or police staff get paid overtime? Do band members receive any incidental expenses, travelling expenses, overnight expenses etc. if so, what is the cost per annum? If expenses are paid, do police officers and support staff also receive the same remuneration? Do any members of the band receive expenses for holding office within the band, musical director, chairman, treasurer etc? If so, what is the total cost per annum? How many such officers are in the band? What is their annual honorarium? Of the total budget, how much is spent on music/insturments and associated items, repairs cost of hire of rehearsal room etc? Are expenses paid to non band members?(guest players etc) if so how much is paid? Do members of your band wear police uniform? Is there a cost incurred for issue of uniform? Does your band have any other uniform? What is the cost for any such alternative uniform	No information held by the Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner.
13/08/15	Please could you tell me who paid for the Police Band at the recent Gay Pride in Leeds, and how much it cost.	No information held by the Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner.
No Freedom of Information Act requests in July 2015
02/06/15	In the last ten years, how many applications to the Home Office for Special Grant Funding have been made by West Yorkshire Police or the PCC's office (or the police authority before 2012)? In each case, can you tell me what the reason was for the application, the amount applied for, when the application was put in, when the decision came back from the Home Office, and what the result was (ie, how much was provided, if anything).	Response (PDF 114KB)
28/05/15	Please send me copies of any emails or letters, to or from West Yorkshire Police staff, plus any other written materials created or received by West Yorkshire Police, relating to the outcome of the Body Worn Video (BWV) research project started in 2014 with Cambridge University. Please include any material detailing: 1. Which BWV suppliers were involved in the research; 2. The impact of different BWV platforms on crime management (especially encouraging early guilty pleas); 3.Which BWV platform was deemed most successful and/ or preferred by West Yorkshire Police; 4. How the research will be used to inform any future procurement of BWV by West Yorkshire Police.	No information held by the Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner.
27/05/15	Please send me copies of any emails or letters, to or from West Yorkshire Police staff, plus any other written materials created or received by West Yorkshire Police, relating to the outcome of the Body Worn Video (BWV) research project started in 2014 with Cambridge University. Please include any material detailing: 1. Which BWV suppliers were involved in the research; 2. The impact of different BWV platforms on crime management (especially encouraging early guilty pleas); 3. Which BWV platform was deemed most successful and/ or preferred by West Yorkshire Police; 4. How the research will be used to inform any future procurement of BWV by West Yorkshire Police.	No information held by the Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner.
12/05/15	What is the name of your Police Force? 2/ How many adults (over the age of 18), who were detained under the Mental Health Act, were placed in a police cell due to shortage of space in NHS hospitals in the following years? a) 2013 b) 2014 c) Jan-Apr 2015 3/ What was the longest length of time an adult (over the age of 18), who was detained under the Mental Health Act, was in a police cell in the following years? a) 2013 b) 2014 c) Jan-Apr 2015 4/ How many children/young persons (under the age of 18), who were detained under the Mental Health Act, were placed in a police cell due to shortage of space in NHS hospitals in the following years? a) 2013 b) 2014 c) Jan-Apr 2015 5/ What was the longest length of time a child/young person (under the age of 18), who was detained under the Mental Health Act, was in a police cell in the following years? a) 2013 b) 2014 c) Jan-Apr 2015	No information held by the Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner.
08/05/15	Please can you tell me whether the PCC, or any employee of the PCC's office, has been charged with any criminal offence since 1 January 2014, and if so: 1. The name of the individual concerned 2. The date set for their first appearance in court. 3. What they were charged with.	Response (PDF 99KB)
30/04/15	For each complete calendar year (or part thereof, for the year 2015 to date) for which data is available, please could you advise the total number of messages received on the @WestYorksOPCC which (a) requested a response and (b) of those messages in (a), the number for which no response was given either (c) via Twitter or (d) otherwise. For each of the cases in (c), please give the reason why no response was given.	Response (PDF 102KB)
23/04/15	Regarding any foreign trips undertaken by the PCC for business purposes, please can you tell me: 1. How many such trips the PCC has undertaken since being elected in 2012 2. The countries visited 3. For each country visited, a brief description of the purpose of the visit (e.g. to attend a conference) 4. A figure for the total amount claimed in expenses (e.g. airline tickets, accommodation, subsistence, other transport etc) for all foreign business trips undertaken since November 2012.	Response (PDF 96KB)
26/03/15	A list of FOIA Requests considered "Vexatious" that resulted in you not providing information. Vexatious includes requests that; clearly does not have any serious purpose or value, is designed to cause disruption or annoyance, has the effect of harassing the public authority, can otherwise fairly be characterised as obsessive or manifestly unreasonable.	Response (PDF 12KB)
16/03/15	Copies of correspondence (including letters, emails, faxes and similar) between the Police and Crime Commissioner's office and the Home Office in the last six months (from October 1, 2014 onwards) that make reference to concerns about police budget cuts.	Response part 1 (PDF 141KB) Response part 2 (PDF 41KB) Response part 3 (PDF 101KB) Response part 4 (PDF 116KB)
12/03/15	Is the custody and detention function in your force currently contracted out to a private provider? If yes, please provide the following details: name of contractor, duration and end date of current contract with the contractor, details of any proposed change in the contractor as a result of retendering. If no, do you have any current plans to enter into any tendering process, or call down services from an existing framework contract, to outsource your custody and detention services? The total number of police staff custody and detention officers (full time equivalent please) currently employed by your force, or by the private contractor providing your custody and detention services?	No information held by the Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner.
24/02/15	The number of current serving Police Officers and Police Staff in West Yorkshire who have a criminal record.	No information held by the Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner.
12/02/15	How many shed break-ins were recorded in your Force during the period of the latest National Crime Statistics?	No information held by the Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner.
05/02/15	How many complaints have been made to West Yorkshire Police from children or other sources (i.e. parents or other agencies) within the area of Bradford MDC in regard To CSE per year, from 1980 to 2015?	No information held by the Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner.
29/01/15	What is West Yorkshire Police's general policy on acting upon a notification of a crime? What is West Yorkshire Police's general policy on acting upon a notification of a crime when the accused is the JCP or DWP? (Jobcentre Plus or Department for Work & Pensions).	No information held by the Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner.
13/01/15	What has been the cost so far, both in terms of payments to Greater Manchester Police and any other costs, of Operation Lamp? If you have an estimate of other costs or payments that will be incurred in this regard, but have not yet been made, I would like these also.	Response (PDF 22.3kb)