Your Commissioner - Your Voice

Commissioner Zoë can ask questions on your behalf in her Online Public Meeting with the Chief Constable or Chief Fire Officer. Ask your question and find out more.

Register of premises or land owned

Our Ref: 11 July 2018 - 0014.2018-19

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 0014.2018-19

I write in connection with your request for information which was received by Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner on 05 April 2018. Please accept our apologies for the delay in providing you with a response.  I note you seek access to the following information:

Request:

Please provide the register of premises or land owned by, or occupied for the purposes of, the office of Police and Crime Commissioner, and the functions of their force, for the financial year 2017/18. 

Entries listed should be broken down by local policing directorate (or borough), and indicate whether it is: 

  • Police building
  • Other building/land
  • Neighbourhood office
  • Other

Response

Extent and Result of Searches to Locate Information

To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted within Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner and I can confirm that the information you have requested is held.

Decision

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

The information regarding property can be found on the Police and Crime Commissioner’s website under ‘North Yorkshire Police property listing 22 Sept 2017’ via the following link

https://www.northyorkshire-pfcc.gov.uk/police-oversight/transparency/sio/

As this information is already accessible by other means it is exempt by Section 21 – Information Accessible by Other Means, of the Freedom of Information Act and I do not need to provide an additional response.

Section 21 is also an absolute class based exemption and I am not required to consider the harm or public interest when applying this exemption.

Pursuant to Section 17(1) of the Act this letter acts as a Refusal Notice in response to your request.

Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data.  It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.

Excerpt from the Specified Information Order web page

Required: The identity of any premises or land owned by, or occupied for the purpose of the work of the PCC.
Frequency: Updated when changes are made