Officers suspended from April 2021 to August 2023
Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.23.031911
I note you seek access to the following information:
1. A list of officers suspended pending a misconduct or gross misconduct investigation or hearing in the financial year 2021/2022, and their salaries.
1a. Please specify whether the case against the officer has concluded or not as of 03/08/2023. If concluded, please specify the outcome of the case.
AND
1. A list of officers suspended pending a misconduct or gross misconduct investigation or hearing in the financial year 2022/2023, and their salaries.
1a. Please specify whether the case against the officer has concluded or not as of 03/08/2023. If concluded, please specify the outcome of the case.
Decision
I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.
Please find below information pursuant to your request above.
Correspondence -
On the 14 August I wrote to you and said in part ‘I have reviewed your request and sought the data from the Performance and Assurance Unit (PAU). This unit is responsible for corporate data collation. They have confirmed that there is no specific classification, flag, or offence code on Centurion relating to the salaries of officers who have been suspended pending a misconduct or gross misconduct investigation or hearing in the financial year 2021/2022 or 2022/2023.
This means salary data is not automatically recoverable via Centurion, and would involve cross referencing on several systems used by two separate teams. This would result in a cost refusal. However, I have been advised that we can provide salary bands according to officer rank, which can be done within cost. Could you please provide confirmation that you are happy to receive the salary banding instead of the officers individual salaries please?
On the 15 August you confirmed that you were ‘happy to receive the salary banding instead of the officers individual salaries’. Searches were then conducted in relation to the amended request.
These searches successfully located the information relevant to your request. I have attached an excel spreadsheet with the answers to your questions. Please note there are four separate tabs within the spreadsheet, titled cover sheet, notes, definition and table. The notes page should be read in conjunction with the data to ensure the report is interpreted correctly.
Salary banding
Please find attached a word document titled FOIA - LYNCH - Pay scales by rank, which outlines officer pay.
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