The Freedom of Information Act and Environmental Information Regulations
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and The Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) provide a general right of access to all types of recorded information held by public authorities (subject to certain exemptions and exceptions), as well as placing additional obligations on public authorities around the proactive publication of certain information.
Published information
Before making a request for information to the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall, you may wish to review our FOIA publication scheme or our information request disclosure log, as the information you want to access may already be publicly available.
FOIA publication scheme
Under the FOIA all public authorities must have a publication scheme setting out the information they routinely make publicly available.
Click on the tile below to view the Publication Scheme for the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall.
Making a request for information
If you would like to make a request for information held by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall, under the FOIA or EIR, you can do this via our contact form. You do not need to specify the legislation you are making your request under. The Information Commissioner’s Office have provided guidance on how to make an effective information request, which includes guidance on the use of AI.
Once received, we will log and acknowledge your information request within five working days. You should expect to receive a substantive response to your request withing 20 working days, however in certain circumstances it may take up to 40 working days to provide you with a full response. You will be kept informed of any delays.
We will consider and apply exemptions (under FOIA) and exceptions (under EIR), and where relevant the public interest and harm tests to requested information, which will sometimes mean that you do not receive all of the information you have requested. You will usually be provided with an explanation as to why we are unable to provide you with the information.
Internal review procedure
If you are dissatisfied with the way in which your information request has been dealt with then you may request an internal review.
Other ways to request information
If you wish to request information held by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall about yourself, or on behalf of someone else, you will need to make a subject access request.
If you wish to access information held by Devon and Cornwall Police, you will need to make an information request directly to the police force.
Freedom of Information Act and Environment Information Regulations Policy
Our Freedom of Information Act and Environmental Information Regulations Policy, along with all other information governance and information management policies are published on the policies section of our website.
Information request disclosure log
You can browse our responses to previous information requests in our disclosure log by clicking the relevant year and month. Or search for a response on a particular topic by using the search bar.
Tip: Where there is a search bar, use the breadcrumb trail above to return to previous folders and navigate the document library. Where no documents are displayed when using the search function, the document is not available.
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