FUNDING & STAFF TIME GIVEN TO TRADE UNIONS

Reference number: 
20110409
Request date: 
08/2011
Response date: 
23/08/2011 (All day)
Request details: 

1.  The total amount of money paid to all trade unions for financial periods a) 2009-10 and b) 2010-11 broken down by trade union.
 
2.  For each trade union for which it applies, please provide the number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff working for the union (this is sometimes called ‘Trade Union facility time’) in a) 2009-10 and b) 2010-11

Exemptions Applied: 

S.21: Information accessible by other means

SYP response: 
  1. I have interpreted this ‘amount of money paid to all Trade Unions’ as that paid by the Force to Trade Unions rather than monies from of Staff/Officer salaries as contributions.  I sought any information pertinent to your request from our Corporate Finance and have been advised that no such money has been paid.  Therefore, the response to this question is ‘no information held’.
  2. The information you have asked for is already publicly available. Please see:- 

 

http://www.southyorkshire.police.uk/foi/disclosurelog/20110375

 

http://www.southyorkshire.police.uk/foi/disclosurelog/20110286

 

http://www.southyorkshire.police.uk/foi/disclosurelog/20110378

 

http://www.southyorkshire.police.uk/foi/disclosurelog/20110343

 

http://www.southyorkshire.police.uk/foi/disclosurelog/police-federation

 

 

The exemption applicable to your request falls under section 21. This states  ‘Information which is reasonably accessible to the applicant'  therefore we will not be supplying this information separately.

 

(Section 17 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 requires South Yorkshire Police, when refusing to provide such information (because the information is exempt) to provide you the applicant with a notice which:   a.       states that fact,

                b.     specifies the exemption in question and

                c.     states (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption applies).