Data Transparency – Publication of Specified Information
In addition to publishing information under the Police and Crime Commissioner’s Publication Scheme (PDF, 4.21MB) and its accompanying Definition Document V27 April 2024 (PDF, 328KB), the PCC is also required to publish information under The Elected Local Policing Bodies(Specified Information) Order 2011 (as amended).
The Elected Local Policing Bodies (Specified Information) Order 2011 (PDF, 118KB), as amended by The Elected Local Policing Bodies (Specified Information) (Amendment) Order 2012 (PDF, 47KB) and The Elected Local Policing Bodies (Specified Information) (Amendment) Order 2013 (PDF 576KB) and The Elected Local Policing Bodies (Specified Information) (Amendment) Order 2021 (PDF 1,095KB) sets out the information that must be published by Police and Crime Commissioners, and the times of publication.
The Order does not replace or supersede the existing legal framework for access to public sector information provided by the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and other regulations.
Specified Information Order
1. The Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC)
(a) Name: Tim Passmore
(b) Address for correspondence
(c) Salary: £73,300 per annum
(d) Allowances and expenses paid to the PCC (Availability – quarterly, as soon as practicable after end of quarter to which it relates)
(e) Register of interests
(f) Number of complaints or conduct matters that have been brought to the attention of the PCC by the Police & Crime Panel:
2. Staff of the PCC
(a) The number of staff: 12 (10.6 FTE)
(b) The proportion of staff who:
(i) are women: 8 (66%) (ii) are members of an ethnic minority: 0% (iii) have a disability within the meaning of section 6 of the Equality Act 2010: 1 (8.3%)
(c) OPCC Structure Chart September 2024 (PDF, 74KB)
(d) The job titles, responsibilities and salaries of each senior employee
Chief Finance Officer – Colette Batson – £53,629.20.50 (0.6 FTE) (Full-time equivalent rate is £89,382.00) Head of Communications and Engagement and acting Chief Executive – Sandra Graffham – £61,146.00 + honorarium for interim role.
(e) A register of gifts or hospitality of the PCC or members of staff (Availability – as soon as practicable after offer or acceptance)
2a. Assistance and services to the PCC
(a) The duty of the Chief Constable to provide assistance to the PCC under section 2(5) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011. Paragraph 8 of the Scheme of Governance and Consent – December 2023 sets out the working agreement between the PCC and Chief Constable.
(b) The power of a local authority to provide administrative, professional or technical services to the PCC under section1(1) of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970: Internal Audit Services are provided under a commercial contract to the PCC and Constabulary by TIAA Ltd.
Somerset County Council provide a Technical Support Team to all PCC Chief Finance Officers in England & Wales, which advises on national police finance issues.
information as to any arrangements for use by the PCC of the staff of the Chief Constable or of a local authority under those provisions
(a) and (b) – Availability – as soon as practicable after an election, reviewed every 6 months and variations published)
3. Income and expenditure of the PCC 2024/25
(a) The total (gross) budget: £183.2m
(b) The precept issued by the PCC: £73.751m
The police element of the Council Tax for individual households is as follows for each Council Tax Band:
(c) Information as to each anticipated source of revenue (other than the precept)
(d) Information as to the proposed expenditure of the PCC: £1,033,000
[There is also a commissioning budget of £2,529,426 for crime and disorder reduction and victim services (including the Ministry of Justice funding see below)]
(e) A copy of the annual investment strategy of the PCC – See PCC Decision 2-2024 – Investment-and-Treasury-Management-Strategy-2024-25
For more information on the income and expenditure of the PCC – See PCC Decision 1-2024 – Medium-Term-Financial-Plan-MTFP-2024-25-to-2027-28.
(a) – (e)- Availability – for each financial year, before the beginning of the financial year
(f) Information as to each crime and disorder reduction grant made by the PCC including conditions attached to the grant, recipient & purpose of the grant and reasons why the PCC considered that the grant would secure, or contribute to securing, crime & disorder reduction in the PCC’s area. (Each month, as soon as practicable after the end of the month to which it relates)
(g) Expenditure exceeding £500:
(i) Information as to each item of expenditure of the PCC exceeding £500 (other than a crime & disorder reduction grant made by the PCC), including the recipient, the purpose of the expenditure and reasons why the PCC considered that good value for money would be obtained.
(ii) Information as to each item of expenditure of the Chief Constable exceeding £500 (other than a crime & disorder reduction grant made by the PCC), including the recipient of the funds, the purpose of the expenditure and reasons why the Chief Constable considered that good value for money would be obtained.
(h) Information as to each item of expenditure by the PCC in relation to travel, accommodation, subsistence, including the recipient of the funds, the purpose of the expenditure and the reasons why the PCC considered that good value for money would be obtained.
(Availability – each month, as soon as practicable after the end of the month to which it relates)
Value for money is achieved as a result of all staff ordering goods and services being required to comply with the PCC’s Financial Regulations and Contract Standing Orders. Suffolk Constabulary also has a robust Value For Money Strategy in place. Additionally, on an annual basis, the PCC and Chief Constable’s external auditors are required under Section 5 of the Audit Commission Act 1998 to satisfy themselves that proper arrangements are in place for securing economy, efficiency and effectiveness in the PCC’s and Chief Constable’s use of resources.
4. Property, rights and liabilities of the PCC
(a) Premises or land owned by or occupied for the purposes of the PCC – November 2024 (PDF, 112KB)
(b) A copy of each contract with a value exceeding £10,000 to which;
(i) the PCC, or (ii) the Chief Constable,
is or is to be a party.
Copies of contracts on behalf of the PCC since coming into being on 22 November 2012 are registered and available for inspection on the Contracts Finder website at www.gov.uk/contracts-finder
General information is also available for contracts predating 22 November 2012.
(c) A copy of each Invitation To Tender (ITT) issued by
in relation to a contract which the PCC or Chief Constable (as the case may be) expects will have a value exceeding £10,000 is registered and available for inspection on the Contracts Finder website at www.gov.uk/contracts-finder
(d) A list of every contract with a value not exceeding £10,000 to which:
is or is to be party, including the value of the contract, the identity of every other party to the contract and the purpose of the contract.
5. Decisions of the PCC
(a) The date, time and place of each public meeting to be held by the PCC
(b) A copy of the agenda for each public meeting held by the PCC, and any report or other document that is the subject matter of an item on the agenda
(c) A copy of the minutes of each public meeting held by the PCC, and each meeting which is not a public meeting but at which matters of significant public interest are discussed
(d) A record of each decision of significant public interest arising from the PCC’s functions, whether made by the PCC at or as a result of a meeting or otherwise.
(a) – (d) – (Availability – as soon as practicable after it becomes available to the PCC)
6. A statement of the policy of the PCC on
(a) The conduct of the PCC, including procedures for the handling of qualifying complaints and conduct matters (within the meaning of section 31 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011).
(b) The making of decisions of significant public interest – Paragraphs 7.1 – 7.8 in the Scheme of Governance and Consent – December 2023 sets out the PCC’s Decision Making and Accountability Framework.
(c) Records management, including procedures for the security and sharing of information and the retention and destruction of documents
(d) The handling of qualifying disclosures (within the meaning of section 43B of the Employment Rights Act 1996) (Whistleblowing)
(a) – (d) – Availability – as soon as practicable after an election, reviewed annually and any variation published)
7. Prevention of crime and disorder
A copy of any report required by the PCC from the responsible authorities for a local government area under section 7(1) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. (Availability – as soon as practicable after it becomes available to the PCC): No reports received.
7A. Key National Priorities for Policing
In relation to the key national priorities for policing, as communicated to elected local policing bodies by the Secretary of State—
(a) a statement on the contribution of the police force maintained by the elected local policing body to achieving improvements against those priorities; –
(b) an explanation of which of the national priorities are assessed to be applicable and which not applicable in the context of the relevant police area and the reasons for that assessment.
7B. HMICFRS Inspections and Reports
In relation to inspections and reports by the inspectors of constabulary under section 54(2) of the Police Act 1996 (appointment and functions of inspectors of constabulary)(2), the most recent—
(a) annual report on the effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy of the police force maintained by the elected local policing body;
(b) summary assessment of the performance of the police force maintained by the elected local policing body.
7C. Reporting in Relation to Complaints
In relation to complaints concerning the police force maintained by the elected local policing body—
(a) the most recent—
(i) quarterly data in relation to that police force (ii) annual statistics report,
published by the Independent Office for Police Conduct;
(b) a report setting out—
(i) details of how the elected local policing body has fulfilled its duty under—
(aa) in the case of police and crime commissioners, section 1(8)(ca) of the 2011 Act (police and crime commissioners)(3) to hold the chief constable to account for the exercise of the chief constable’s functions under Part 2 of the Police Reform Act 2002(4) in relation to the handling of complaints;
(ii) an assessment by the elected local policing body of its performance in exercising its functions under paragraph 30(1)(b) of Schedule 3 to the Police Reform Act 2002 (reviews: the relevant review body)(6); –
(iii) where the elected local policing body has given notice to the chief officer of the police force maintained by the body under section 13A of the Police Reform Act 2002 (local policing bodies: functions in relation to complaints)(7) that it is to exercise certain functions of the chief officer in relation to complaints, an assessment by the body of its performance in exercising those functions.”.
8. Independent custody visitor arrangements
Information as to the operation of the arrangements made under section 51 of the Police Reform Act 2002
9. Constabulary Chief Officer Expenses
Expenses paid to Chief Officers – Published on the Suffolk Constabulary website
10. Police and Crime Plan Performance Updates
Police and Crime Plan Performance Updates
Availability of Information
Wherever possible, information is provided on the Police and Crime Commissioner’s website free of charge. If this is impractical, or if an individual does not wish to access information via the website, we will be pleased to provide copies of material upon request in writing.
The Commissioner will not charge a fee for providing material but may charge the actual cost of photocopying, postage and packaging. If a charge is to be made, confirmation of the actual amount due will be given before the information is provided.
The Commissioner is also willing to consider the provision of any summary document that it publishes in other languages or formats upon request.
Written requests should be sent to the following address:
The Chief Executive Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner Police Headquarters Portal Avenue Martlesham Heath Ipswich IP5 3QS
By email to spcc@suffolk.police.uk, or by telephone (01473) 782773
27 November 2024
14 November 2024
