Information Rights Schedule of Fees
Keywords
Information Rights Fees, Information Rights Charges, Court Order Fees, Court Order Charges, Court Order Cost, Rights of Access Fees, Rights of Access Charges, ROAR Fees, ROAR Charges, Subject Access Fees, Rights of access disclosure, SAR disclosure, SAR charges, SAR fees, FOI fees, FOI charges, Freedom of Information Charges, Freedom of Information Fees, Early Record Deletion Fees, Early Record Deletion Fees, Legal Aid fees, Legal Aid charges, Civil Charges, Civil Fees, Third Party Fees, Third Party Disclosure, Postal Charge, Payment, Payment method, Online Payment,
Publication number
PUB 1015
Publication statement
Please note that this information is correct as at 10 October 2024 in relation to fees, and method of payment.
Title
Information Rights Schedule of Fees
Date range
From 10 October 2024
Background information
Please see the below schedule of fees following NPCC guidelines and meeting legislation governing the charging fee for disclosure and postal charge if applicable.
If disclosure or postal charge is applicable, details will be provided by Information Rights Unit and payment must be cleared before disclosure will be made.
Method of payment will be provided within guidance issued by the department
Related documents and links
Request information about the police
FOI publication
Court Order charging (Private Law only)
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Disclosure Section and Fee |
Fee |
Notes Reminder: Public applications are free of charge - Private applications must be accompanied by an Annex 5/Court Order |
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S4 PNC |
£125 |
Cost per 2 PNC reports |
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S5 Summary
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£195 |
Summary reports for previous 2 years (unless suitable justification provided) |
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S6 Reports
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£295 |
Full investigation reports for specific investigations only
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S7 Additional
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Docs: £400 Media: £600 Phones: £595 (per device) |
Disclosure of specific associated documents/media for specific investigations
For mobile phone downloads, a Court Order/Annex 5 must be provided specifying unredacted disclosure |
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S8 Permission
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£95 |
Relevant documents to be considered for disclosure must be attached to request. |
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Rights of Access Disclosure |
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Application (form A95) |
N/a |
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Postage charge Applied if the Applicant will not accept a disclosure by email and does not wish to collect. |
N/a |
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Freedom of Information |
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Application |
N/a |
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Note: If the work required to fulfil the request exceeds 18 hours or costs more than £450 to produce the application will be refused. |
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Postage charge Applied if the Applicant will not accept a disclosure by email and does not wish to collect. |
N/a |
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Early Record Deletion |
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Application |
N/a |
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Postage charge Applied if the Applicant will not accept a disclosure by email and does not wish to collect. |
N/a |
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Legal Aid Disclosure |
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Application |
N/a |
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Postage charge Applied if the Applicant will not accept a disclosure by email and does not wish to collect. |
N/a |
A97 Civil Discretionary packages
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Information Type |
Third Party details £111.70 |
Summary £195 |
Starter £250 |
Intermediate £515 |
Premium £730 |
Premium Plus £945 |
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Details of third party(s) subject to proceedings |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Summary Investigation report |
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X |
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Incident report (Call Log) |
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X |
X |
X |
X |
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Investigation report |
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X |
X |
X |
X |
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Victim/Officer statement |
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X |
X |
X |
X |
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Photographs |
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X |
X |
X |
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Third Party witness statement |
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X |
X |
X |
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Case summary (MG5) |
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X |
X |
X |
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Custody record for represented individual only |
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X |
X |
X |
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Suspect interviews |
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X |
X |
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ABE (Victim/Witness interviews) |
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X |
X |
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Exhibits* (excluding photographs) |
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X |
X |
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CCTV - covering incident only |
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X |
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Body Worn Video (BWV) - covering incident only |
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X |
* Physical exhibits (e.g. items of clothing) and material obtained from other agencies (e.g. NHS/education) shall not be considered for disclosure. The relevant agencies should be approached directly for the disclosure.
A97a charge (Third Party disclosure) - £111.70
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Housing Disclosure Charges for housing disclosures will depend upon the reason for the request. The charges according to the reason for the application are below: |
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Re-housing |
N/A |
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Anti-Social Behaviour |
N/A |
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Closure Orders |
N/A |
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Case Review |
N/A |
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Eviction/Possession – Cost for private landlords only |
£295 |
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Third Party details for civil redress |
£111.70 |
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Summary disclosure for civil redress |
£295 |
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Insurance Disclosures |
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If you are acting for an ABI member the fees are as follows: App D(a) fee is £111.70 for basic details (crime ref/date/aggrieved/location) App D(a) fee for fuller information as above including incident and investigation report £158.90 Additional fees apply for other documentation – please advise if needed. The fees for non ABI Insurers are on the attached A98b. If applicable please ensure you provide the ABI member’s email address to allow disclosure. (until all the required information &/or payment is received, applications will be placed on hold and maybe closed if no response received.) |
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ABI Members Only As agreed through the Association of British Insurers (ABI) memorandum of understanding with the National Police Chiefs Council, completed Appendix D(a) or E applications will only be considered from ABI members or agents acting on behalf of a member. If an eligible third party makes a request on behalf of an ABI member, the Insurer for whom they are acting must be provided on the relevant request form, with their contact details (email address preferrable) and the relevant police liaison officer. Insurers should note that The Police Service are unable to release information under an Appendix E request if their records do not support the suspicion that a crime has been committed Any disclosures will be provided direct to the ABI member police liaison contact for dissemination. If no email address is provided, no disclosure will be provided, the case file will be closed until details are provided. You may use the ABI generated form accessed via the ABI portal or if required Essex Police will provide you with a form for completion. All correspondence is via email, emails will be sent encrypted to a secure email address. |
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Non-ABI members If you are an Insurance company or an individual company but not an ABI member or acting on behalf of an ABI member and information is required for the purposes of validating a claim, please complete an A98b (non-ABI disclosure form for Insurance). Any other application/form will be rejected. The associated fee is determined by the package of information that is required - detailed on the A98b form attached. The fee package includes administrative and search time and costs. Emails will be sent encrypted to a secure email address; we cannot disclose information to a generic email address as this would be a breach of data protection legislation. Please provide a suitable email for disclosure purposes. Disclosures are sent password protected. |
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Application and Payment Process: Please ensure the correct application form is completed and payment made. Please find below the relevant BACS payment details; please ensure our unique reference EPINS_xxxxx is stipulated on the payment reference otherwise your application will not be processed as reconciliation of bank details cannot be completed. Account Name: PCC for Essex – Single Online Home Acc Sort code: 30-80-12 Account Number: 17669368 IBAN: GB45 LOYD 3080 1217 6693 68 Swift: LOYDGB21F09 Please send your application and bank receipt once payment has been made with our ID in the title of the email (EPINS_XXXXX) to the following email address: Please quote the above EPINS_xxxxx reference in all correspondence. |
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Civil Litigation or Third-Party requests Should you require third party information for Civil Litigation purposes or information for Civil redress please kindly contact [email protected] as we can only provide third party information for the purpose of an insurance claim in the area of insurance. If you require third party details for insurance purposes and not for civil proceedings, please complete the attached form A97a and provide a fee of £111.70 with further proof regarding the intended use of that information. If third party details are requested, any third party maybe contacted to allow for legal objection to be made. It may be that a court order is required to compel disclosure. |
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Application Form - ABI Members: Disclosure for ABI Members or Organisations Working on Behalf of ABI Members |
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Application Form - Non-ABI Members: |
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Postage charge Applied if the Applicant will not accept a disclosure by email and does not wish to collect. |
See below |
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Postage: Royal Mail 1st Class Signed For |
UK Postal Charges ONLY Disclosures outside the UK to be sent via email |
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Small parcel 45cm long x 35cm wide x 16cm thick |
2 kg max. |
£4.45 |
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Medium parcel 61cm long x 46cm wide x 46cm thick |
2 kg max. |
£6.95 |
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10 kg max. |
£7.95 |
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20 kg max. |
£12.95 |
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Payment Notes:
- Payment for disclosures must be made via a payment link or BACS
- Cheques are no longer accepted by the section.
- Details of how to pay and unique reference to be quoted will be sent to applicants in the correspondence acknowledging receipt of the application. If ID reference is not provided within the payment reference disclosure response will be delayed.