Benevolent Fund 311/23
FOI Reference: 311/2023
Request:
I am requesting the following information under the Freedom of Information Act.
Please can you tell me, for each tax year from 2016-17 to 2021-22:
- The total value of the force's benevolent fund for each year
- The total number of claims made for an award under the benevolent fund each year
- The total number of claims that were accepted and received payments under the fund for each year
- The total amount paid out in awards by the benevolent fund each year
- For each payment, broken down per year, please detail who received the award (i.e. current officer, former officer, dependent); the total amount (£) awarded; and a brief description or key reason for the award being paid (i.e financial hardship, loss of relative, mental health, physical health).
Response:
I can confirm that there is no information held/recorded by Dyfed-Powys Police in respect of your above request as we do not have a benevolent fund.
In addition to the above please see the below hyperlink to the Police Federation website which may be of use to you and has been provided as advice and assistance under Section 16 of the FOI Act.
It should be noted that owing to the systems adopted by Dyfed-Powys Police in relation to the recording of such matters the information provided may or may not be accurate. It should be noted that for these reasons this Force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other response you may receive.
(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 14/06/23)