FOI 282-2025 / Mar 2025 / ISAs
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 282-2025
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 3rd March 2025 as follows:
Information Sharing Agreements:
- What information sharing agreements your force currently has in place.
- The number of information sharing agreements your force currently has in place.
- The organisations or agencies these agreements are with.
- A distinction between statutory information sharing agreements and localised agreements.
Please accept our sincere apologies for the delay in providing the response to your request and for any inconvenience that this may have caused you. Please find the Warwickshire Police response set out below.
Response: Please be advised although our Information Assurance unit does hold information in relation to ISAs, they have advised that it is possible that there may be agreements which have not been centrally recorded and, in order to determine if this is the case, it would be necessary to carry out extensive enquiries with all relevant business areas within the force, who in turn would need to carry out extensive research. As you will appreciate, this process would take an inordinate amount of time and the cost involved would be above the amount to which we are legally required to respond ie, the work involved in locating, retrieving and recording the information requested for exceeds the cost threshold (£450), which equates to 18 hours work at a standard rate of £25 per hour, as stated in the Freedom of Information (Fees and Appropriate Limit) Regulations 2004.
In accordance with Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, this letter acts as a Refusal Notice for this request.
In accordance with Section 16 of the Act, I have a duty to provide advice and assistance in suggesting ways to revise your request where possible. I can advise that should you limit your request to those agreements which are held centrally by the Information Assurance team, representing the local known ISAs, we may be able to retrieve information on this basis. However, please note that any information would be subject to the usual disclosure considerations.
Please note that any requests for information relating to National Information Sharing Agreements would need to be directed to the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC).
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is as accurate as possible.
Your attention is drawn to the below which details your right of complaint.
Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write or email the Freedom of Information Unit quoting the reference number above.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Officer
Freedom of Information Unit
Warwickshire Police
PO Box 4
Leek Wootton
Warwickshire
CV35 7QB