Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA)

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Our Ref: 006683/12

Freedom of Information Section

Nottinghamshire Police HQ Sherwood Lodge, Arnold Nottingham NG5 8PP Tel: 101 Ext 800 2507 Fax: 0115 967 2896 11 December 2012

Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA)

I write in connection with your request for information, which was received by Nottinghamshire Police on 14 November 2012.

I would like to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act regarding payments to the following officers:

1. I would like to request the corporate credit card expenditure for the Chief Constable for the years 2008/9, 2009/10 and 2010/11.

2. I would like to request the corporate credit card expenditure for the Deputy Chief Constable for the years 2008/9, 2009/10 and 20010/11.

Please Note: I realise chief officers' expenses for travel, accommodation and subsistence incurred in the course of their duties may already have been published.

I would like to check specifically the details of any expenditure on corporate credit cards whether it is covered in those figures or not, including where the money was spent, with whom where that applies and why it was spent, ie the nature of the duties being undertaken at that time.

Following receipt of your request searches were conducted within Nottinghamshire Police to locate the information you require.

Please find below answers to your questions:-

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RESPONSE

Under S 1 (1) (a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), I can confirm that Nottinghamshire Police does hold the information you have requested.

I would like to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act regarding payments to the following officers:

1. I would like to request the corporate credit card expenditure for the Chief Constable for the years 2008/9, 2009/10 and 2010/11.

CHIEF CONSTABLE 2008-2009

AIR FARES

BARCLAYCARD JAN 09 84.96

DEV BOOKS/PUBLICATIONS

BARCLAYCARD OCT 08 9.74

HOTEL ACCOMM - GENERAL

BARCLAYCARD FEB 09 119.15

SUBSISTENCE

BARCLAYCARD AUG 08 33.12

BARCLAYCARD DEC 08 2.38

BARCLAYCARD DEC 08 4.7

BARCLAYCARD NOV 08 105.93

BARCLAYCARD DEC 08 191

HOSPITALITY

2009-2010

HOTEL ACCOMM

BARCLAYCARD JUL 09 192.04 BARCLAYCARD AUG 09 232.99 BARCLAYCARD APR 09 131.91 BARCLAYCARD SEP 09 91.35 BARCLAYCARD OCT 09 176

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SUBSISTENCE

BARCLAYCARD JUL 09 16.43 BARCLAYCARD JUL 09 7.1 BARCLAYCARD AUG 09 12.34 BARCLAYCARD JUN 09 10.58 BARCLAYCARD MAY 09 6.8 BARCLAYCARD APR 09 2.23 BARCLAYCARD APR 09 4.43 BARCLAYCARD SEP 09 5.94 BARCLAYCARD OCT 09 4.13 BARCLAYCARD OCT 09 6.95 BARCLAYCARD NOV 09 20.69 BARCLAYCARD NOV 09 5.9 BARCLAYCARD DEC 09 5.43 BARCLAYCARD JAN 10 11.02 BARCLAYCARD JAN 10 2.81

2010-2011

HOTEL ACCOMM

BARCLAYCARD MAY 10 153.19 BARCLAYCARD JUL 10 5.06

SUBSISTENCE

BARCLAYCARD MAY 10 5.94 BARCLAYCARD JUN 10 6.99 BARCLAYCARD AUG 10 3.99 BARCLAYCARD JUL 10 7.98 BARCLAYCARD SEP 10 14.11 BARCLAYCARD OCT 10 1.97 BARCLAYCARD NOV 10 11.96 BARCLAYCARD DEC 10 2.45 BARCLAYCARD FEB 11 10.95

2. I would like to request the corporate credit card expenditure for the Deputy Chief Constable for the years 2008/9, 2009/10 and 20010/11.

DEPUTY CHIEF CONSTABLE 2008-2009

TRAIN FARES - GENERAL

BARCLAYCARD NOV 08 200

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BARCLAYCARD DEC 08 191

BARCLAYCARD NOV 08 -6.03

BARCLAYCARD MAR 09 91.5

SUBSISTENCE

BARCLAYCARD NOV 08 12

2009-2010

TRAIN FARES -

BARCLAYCARD JUL 09 150.5 BARCLAYCARD JUN 09 148 BARCLAYCARD MAY 09 192

HOTEL ACCOMM

BARCLAYCARD JUN 09 245.21 BARCLAYCARD MAY 09 102.6 BARCLAYCARD APR 09 73.91 BARCLAYCARD OCT 09 305.05 BARCLAYCARD NOV 09 -91 BARCLAYCARD NOV 09 11.87 BARCLAYCARD OCT 09 -12.13

SUBSISTENCE

BARCLAYCARD JUL 09 16 BARCLAYCARD JUN 09 3.4 BARCLAYCARD MAY 09 6.96 BARCLAYCARD OCT 09 8 BARCLAYCARD OCT 09 -1.04

CONFERENCE EX

BARCLAYCARD JUN 09 287.5 BARCLAYCARD JUN 09 140

HOSPITALITY

BARCLAYCARD MAY 09 106.9

2010-2011

TRAIN FARES -

BARCLAYCARD MAR 10 320.2 BARCLAYCARD APR 10 255.3 BARCLAYCARD MAY 10 202.2 BARCLAYCARD JUN 10 152.9 BARCLAYCARD DEC 10 12.8 BARCLAYCARD FEB 11 6.6

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AIR FARES

BARCLAYCARD AUG 10 119.99

HOTEL ACCOMM

BARCLAYCARD MAR 10 61.7 BARCLAYCARD APR 10 40.5 BARCLAYCARD JUL 10 51

SUBSISTENCE

BARCLAYCARD MAR 10 5 BARCLAYCARD MAY 10 6.3 BARCLAYCARD DEC 10 9

Please Note: I realise chief officers' expenses for travel, accommodation and subsistence incurred in the course of their duties may already have been published.

I must advise you that some of the figures provided will be totals of several figures due to the fact that financial information is not recorded on our systems down to single transaction level.

Further information concerning Chief Officers expenses can be found on the Nottinghamshire Police website by accessing the following link:

http://www.nottinghamshire.police.uk/library/what_we_spend_how_we_spend _it/date/1/

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However, the rights of the copyright owner of the enclosed information will continue to be protected by law. Applications for the copyright owner’s written permission to reproduce any part of the attached information should be

addressed to the Force Solicitor, Nottinghamshire Police, Force Headquarters, Sherwood Lodge, Arnold, Nottinghamshire, NG5 8PP.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in Nottinghamshire Police.

Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write or contact the Freedom of Information Officer on telephone number 0115

9672507 or e-mail freedomofinformation@Nottinghamshire.pnn.police.uk quoting the above reference number.

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Yours sincerely

Disclosure Officer

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