Request for information relating to OPCC office costs, staffing and revenue
Reference: 21032
Date Added: Wednesday, November 3, 2021
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Disclosure Details
Thank you for your recent request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Two duties are placed on public authorities under Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). Notwithstanding applicable exemptions, the first duty at, Section 1(1) (a), is to confirm or deny whether the information specified in a request is held. The second duty at, Section1 (1) (b), is to disclose information that has been confirmed as being held. Under the provisions of those sections of the FOIA, we can confirm that the information you seek is held by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent. Please find response below.
Information requested
This is an information request relating to size of offices, revenue and general staffing of your PCC office.
- The total cost of the Police and Crime Commissioner’s office in 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, and 2020-21
The above information has been published on our website, please use the links below to review the information:
2016-17 2016-17_pcc_group_statement_of_accounts.pdf page 32
2017-18 2017-18_statement_of_accounts_pcc.pdf page 33
2018-19 2018-19_pcc_group_statement_of_accounts.pdf page 35
2019-20 annual-report-f-pcc-group-final-12-10-20-v2-signed.pdf page 36
2020-21 pcc-group-final-statements-signed-no-signatures-30jul21.pdf page 42
Please note: The supplies and services figures reflect the significant amount of external grants and commissioned services provided from the PCC’s office to recipients who complement Gwent Police in the delivery of the Police and Crime Plan.
- The total remuneration bill in 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, and 2020-21. Remuneration should be taken to mean pay, pension contributions, bonuses and any other benefits in kind. Please itemize all of these separately.
Although we are able to provide information in relation to the roles of the Police and Crime Commissioner, the Chief Finance Officer and the Chief Executive in terms of pay, pension, bonuses and benefits in kind as we have a statutory duty to publish this information (please see links below to the relevant pages of the Statement of Accounts), this does not apply to other roles within the Commissioner’s office. Any monetary payment given to individuals as part of their salary is considered personal information thereby engaging exemption s40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act. This requires the processing of personal data to be lawful, fair and transparent. Therefore, we are not able to provide the requested information for all job titles as this would contravene data protection principle (a) ‘processing personal data lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner in relation to a data subject’.
2016-17 2016-17_pcc_group_statement_of_accounts.pdf page 73
2017-18 2017-18_statement_of_accounts_pcc.pdf page 75
2018-19 2018-19_pcc_group_statement_of_accounts.pdf page 76
2019-20 pcc-group-final-statements-signed-no-signatures-30jul21.pdf page 83
2021-21 pcc-group-final-statements-signed-no-signatures-30jul21.pdf page 82
However, we are able to provide the overall total remuneration for the OPCC for the dates requested. Please see links to information below:
2016-17 Please see attached budget breakdown file.
2017-18 Please see attached budget breakdown file.
2018-19 2018-19_opcc_budget.pdf
2019-20 opcc_budget_2019-20.pdf
2020-21 The information is also available on the following webpage Budget 2020-21 | Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner (pcc.police.uk) and can be accessed by clicking on the following wording ‘Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner Budget 2020/21’.
Staff salary bands can also be found at the following link https://www.gwent.pcc.police.uk/media/1ndbkkxq/staff-structure-pay-salaries-202122-updated-sep-2021_01.pdf
- The total remuneration paid to the Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner in 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, and 2020-21
Please see the information below as published on our website.
Please note: The costs for the DPCC are also included in the figures already provided above and are not in addition.
2016-17 2016-17_pcc_group_statement_of_accounts.pdf page 73
2017-18 2017-18_statement_of_accounts_pcc.pdf page 75
2018-19 2018-19_pcc_group_statement_of_accounts.pdf page 76
2019-20 pcc-group-final-statements-signed-no-signatures-30jul21.pdf page 83
2021-21 pcc-group-final-statements-signed-no-signatures-30jul21.pdf page 82
The Freedom of Information Act is a public disclosure regime, not a private regime. Any information disclosed under the Act is thereafter deemed to be in the public domain, and therefore freely available to the general public and will be published on the OPCC website.
I hope this information is satisfactory to your request however, should you feel dissatisfied with this response or the way in which your request was handled, information on the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent FOI Appeals Procedure can be found on our website: http://www.gwent.pcc.police.uk/en/transparency/know-your-rights/your-information-rights/freedom-of-information/appeals-process/
If you remain dissatisfied after an internal review decision, you have the right to apply to the Information Commissioner’s Office. The Information Commissioner is an independent regulator whose details can be found using the following link: Home | ICO
You can also write to the Information Commissioner’s Office at the following address:
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF