Gender reassignment policy 118/2022

FOI Reference: 118/2022 

Request:

1. Your force’s current policy relating to GENDER REASSIGNMENT for officers, staff and volunteers.

2. Your force’s current Stop & Search policy as it relates to TRANSGENDER officers, staff and volunteers.

3. Your force’s current Stop & Search policy as it relates to NON-BINARY officers, staff and volunteers.

4. Your force’s current action plan on LGBT+ inclusion.

Responses 1 - 3:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold part of the information requested; however the following exemption has been applied to that information:

Section 21 – Information reasonably accessible by other means

Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 places two duties on public authorities. Unless exemptions apply, 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 Section 1(1)(b) is to disclose information that has been confirmed as being held.

Where exemptions are relied upon Section 17 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 requires -Powys Police, when refusing to provide such information (because the information is exempt) to provide you the applicant with a notice which:

(a) states that fact,

(b) specifies the exemption in question and

(c) states (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption applies.

The above exemption has been applied in relation to questions 1, 2 and 3, due to the fact that the requested information is published and can be accessed via the following hyperlink:

https://www.dyfed-powys.police.uk/foi-ai/dyfed-powys-police/publication-scheme/our-policies-and-procedures/Policies/people-services-PSD-and-equality--diversity/trans-inclusion-policy/

Response 4:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold part of the information requested; however the following exemption has been applied to that information:

Section 21 – Information reasonably accessible by other means

Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 places two duties on public authorities. Unless exemptions apply, 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 Section 1(1)(b) is to disclose information that has been confirmed as being held.

Where exemptions are relied upon Section 17 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 requires -Powys Police, when refusing to provide such information (because the information is exempt) to provide you the applicant with a notice which:

(a) states that fact,

(b) specifies the exemption in question and

(c) states (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption applies.

The above exemption has been applied in relation to question 4 due to the fact that the requested information is published and can be accessed via the following hyperlinks –

https://www.dyfed-powys.police.uk/police-forces/dyfed-powys-police/areas/about-us/about-us/our-equality-objectives/

https://www.dyfed-powys.police.uk/police-forces/dyfed-powys-police/areas/about-us/about-us/trans-inclusion/                                          

It should be noted that as a result of the systems adopted by Dyfed-Powys Police in relation to the recording of such information that the information released may or may not be accurate.

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 15/03/2022)