Data on vehicles in fleet

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.23.034462

I note you seek access to the following information:

This email is following on from a recent FOI request we sent you regarding the vehicles in your fleet. In this instance you refused to supply us with the relevant information which we requested.

1. Firstly, we would now like to request for a copy of the NPCC letter, so we can have a better understanding as to why and who is refusing the release of the data we requested.
2. Additionally, we would like to request to know how you as an organisation dispose of the vehicles in your fleet? We are requesting this information on how the vehicles are exited from your fleet (i.e. Auction).
3. Further to this, we request information regarding to whether vehicles are disposed of randomly or there is a process and set time as to when the vehicles are released from your fleet.
4. Finally we request you to notify us on how many vehicles are currently in your fleet.

Clarification -
In regards to your first question, could you please confirm which NPCC letter you are referring to?

You responded with the following:
Good morning,
Thank you for your response. I can confirm that if a NPCC letter is not used as part of your justification process when redacting data then please ignore this part of our FOI and proceed with questions number 2, 3 and 4 from out request.
If you have any other question please email us.

Decision

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

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

Q2 - Additionally, we would like to request to know how you as an organisation dispose of the vehicles in your fleet? We are requesting this information on how the vehicles are exited from your fleet (i.e. Auction).

Vehicles are disposed of via Auction

Q3 - Further to this, we request information regarding to whether vehicles are disposed of randomly or there is a process and set time as to when the vehicles are released from your fleet.

They are disposed on a replacement cycle based on age and/or mileage.

Q4 - Finally we request you to notify us on how many vehicles are currently in your fleet.

There are 5,500 vehicles in the MPS fleet.