Provision of information held by Northumbria Police made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the 'Act')
As you may be aware the purpose of the Act is to allow a general right of access to information held at the time of a request, by a Public Authority (including the Police), subject to certain limitations and exemptions.
You asked:
- Which Higher Education Institution(s) have you partnered with for your Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship (PCDA) and Degree Holder Entry Programme (DHEP) contracts?
- What are the contract lengths of the PCDA and DHEP arrangements with your Higher Education Institution(s)?
- What are the monetary total contract values of the PCDA and DHEP contracts with your Higher Education Institution(s)?
In Response:
Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted with various Departments of Northumbria Police. I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by Northumbria Police.
I am able to disclose the located information to you as follows.
1. Northumbria Police have partnered with Northumbria University in a contract for PCDA, but no contract has yet been approved for DHEP.
2. The Contract length is 2 years, with the option to extend for a further 2 x 12 months.
3. There is no total contract value agreed as this will be dependent on volumes, however in the 2019/20 financial year the net contract cost was £596,000. The requirement for DHEP is still being negotiated and therefore this value does not include DHEP.