police officer pension rights by qualifying employment date

Summary

The requester asked for an itemised list of police officer pension rights by qualifying employment date, but the Public Sector Pensions Authority withheld specific dates to prevent individual identification under Section 25 of the FOI Act 2015, providing only aggregated totals instead.

Key Facts

• The request sought anonymised data on active and inactive police officers with pension rights predating 1st September 1995.
• Specific employment dates were withheld because they could identify individual members.
• The authority provided a summary table of active and inactive members split by scheme join date.
• The data reflects the status of members as of 23rd September 2022.
• The response was issued by the Public Sector Pensions Authority on 30th September 2022.

Data Disclosed

• 230
• 4
• 226
• 342
• 227
• 115
• 23/09/2022
• 01/09/1995
• 31/08/1995
• 2651181

Exemptions Cited

• Section 25 of the Freedom of Information Act 2015 (Personal Information)

Original Request

Please supply an itemised anonymised list of each police officer pension right solely by chronological qualifying date (first employment date) and with last employment date if relevant but without any other information such as name or contributions by value or volume in order to calculate a summarised totals (a) active police officers with pension rights that predate 1st September 1995 and (b) inactive police officers with pension rights that predare 1st September 1995. I believe that I have outlined adequate information to respond and that no further information is required.

Data Tables (2)

Full Response Text

REFERENCE NUMBER: 2651181 REQUEST UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2015 (“the Act”) Thank you for your request dated 22nd September 2022. Your Request: Please supply an itemised anonymised list of each police officer pension right solely by chronological qualifying date (first employment date) and with last employment date if relevant but without any other information such as name or contributions by value or volume in order to calculate a summarised totals (a) Active police officers with pension rights that predate 1st September 1995 and (b) Inactive police officers with pension rights that predate 1st September 1995. Response to your request: I can confirm that the PSPA is able to collate from its records the information you require to provide you with a response within the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2015. However the provision of dates as requested may well serve to identify individual members and so, under Section 25 of the Freedom of Information Act 2015, the PSPA is unable to provide the specific dates. I am sorry that this has not been possible.
Based on the information held by the PSPA up to the date of this letter the information you require is detailed in the table below, the data is extracted from the data held in the pension’s admin data base.
Inactive member: A member who has left the Scheme and not claimed a pension but has deferred or preserved benefits or has left the scheme and claimed their pension benefits. Chief Executive Officer Ian T Murray BCom (Hons), FPMI 3rd Floor
Prospect House 27-29 Prospect Hill Douglas, ISLE OF MAN, IM1 1ET Enquiries: (01624) 685717 Fax: E-mail: Website: (01624) 685761 pensions@pspa.im www.pspa.im
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Date: 30th September 2022 Public Sector Pensions Authority Lught-reill Penshynyn y Cherroo Theayagh Private and Confidential

Dear # Please quote the reference number 2651181 in any future correspondence. Your right to request a review Under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2015 I am obliged to inform you that if you are unhappy with this response to your Freedom of Information request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response, by completing a complaint form and submitting it electronically or by delivery/post to the FOI Coordinator, Public Sector Pensions Authority, 3rd Floor, Prospect House, 27-29 Prospect Hill, IM1 1ET or insert Foi.PSPA@gov.im Information regarding our complaint and disputes can be found on the Government website at www.gov.im/about-the-government/statutory-boards/public-sector-pensions-authority/about- the-pspa/complaints-and-disputes If you would like a paper version of our complaint form to be sent to you by post, please contact me and I will be happy to arrange for this for you.
Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made as soon as practicable. We will respond as soon as the review has been concluded.
If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner for a decision on; 1 Whether we have responded to your request for information in accordance with Part 2 of the Freedom of Information Act 2015; or 2 Whether we are justified in refusing to give you the information requested. In response to an application for review, the Information Commissioner may, at any time, attempt to resolve a matter by negotiation, conciliation, mediation or another form of alternative dispute resolution and will have regard to any outcome of this in making any subsequent decision. More detailed information on your rights to review is on the Information Commissioner’s website at: www.inforights.im Should you have any queries concerning this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Further information about Freedom of Information requests can be found at www.gov.im/foi Yours sincerely

Public Sector Pensions Authority

Status
Total as at 23/09/2022 Date Joined Scheme Before 01/09/1995 Date Joined Scheme After 31/08/1995 Active 230 4 226 Inactive 342 227 115