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Regulation 37 - 826/19

Date Responded 15 July 2019

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:

  1. Since 2015 to today's date, how many injured on duty retired police pensioners have Northumbria Police reviewed using Regulation 37 of the Police (injury benefit) Regulations 2006?
  2. From your answer for the above question, what were the results of those reviews?

Please answer for each year (to clarify, I would like this question answered by informing me how many injured on duty former officers stayed in the same banding, how many went up in banding, how many went down in banding and to what new band?).

For example - 2015 Band 4 - 5 reviewed, 5 reduced/remain unchanged to Band - 3

2015 Band 3 - 120 reviewed, 20 reduced/remain unchanged to band 2 Band 2 and Band 1.... etc.

In Response:

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. Since 2015 there have been 32 reviews completed in accordance with Regulation 37(1) of the Police (Injury Benefit) Regulations 2006 by Northumbria Police, 7 of those cases have been reviewed by a Police Medical Appeal Board, therefore there have been 39 outcomes in total.

2015

3 cases concluded:

1 case reduced from Band 4 to Band 3

1 case reduced from Band 4 to Band 1

1 case reduced from Band 3 to Band 1

 

2016

4 cases concluded:

2 cases reduced from Band 4 to Band 1

1 case reduced from Band 3 to Band 1 following an appeal

1 case remained Band 1 following an appeal

                             

2017

25 cases concluded:

4 cases remained Band 4

1 case remained Band 3

1 case remained Band 2

3 cases reduced from Band 4 to Band 2

3 cases reduced from Band 4 to Band 1

7 cases reduced from Band 3 to Band 1

1 case reduced from Band 2 to Band 1

2 cases remained Band 1 following an appeal

2 cases increased from Band 1 to Band 4 following an appeal

1 case increased from Band 1 to Band 2 following an appeal

 

2018

6 cases concluded:

1 case remained Band 4

1 case remained Band 2

2 cases reduced from Band 4 to Band 1

2 cases reduced from Band 2 to Band 1

 

2019

1 case concluded:

1 case reduced from Band 4 to Band 1

Disclaimer

Due to the different methods of recording information across 43 forces, a specific response from one constabulary should not be seen as an indication of what information could be supplied (within cost) by another. Systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. For this reason responses between forces may differ, and should not be used for comparative purposes.

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.

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