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WEST MERCIA PCC: DISCLOSURE LOG

RESPONSE TO REQUEST
Reference: 2023 – 320 / WE7047
Date of response: 17th February 2023

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – INFORMATION REQUEST

Request

  1. How much your current and previous Commissioners claimed in expenses over their respective
    tenures in each of the past three calendar years: 2022, 2021 and 2020.
  2. The total cost of running your office (including staff salaries) for each of the past three calendar years: 2022, 2021 and 2020.
  3. The number of staff, in FTE, employed by your office for each of the past three calendar years: 2022, 2021 and 2020.

Response

Q1 Total Expenses Claimed by Commissioner for the Years

  • 2020 – £14.85
  • 2021 – £1,324.05
  • 2022 – £1,910.26

Q2 The total cost of running your office (including staff salaries)

  • 2020-21 – Microsoft Word – WMP Group and PCC SOA 2021 FINAL with audit
    opinion (westmercia-pcc.gov.uk) Refer to page 7 for OPCC Outturn
  • 2021-22 – Microsoft Word – WMP Group and PCC DRAFT SOA 2122 v4 for CFO
    signing (westmercia-pcc.gov.uk) Refer to page 11 for OPCC Outturn
  • 2022-23 YTD – this is not yet available and will be issued as per the above in May ’23

Q3 The number of staff, in FTE, employed by your office –

  • 2020-21 (as at 31/03/21) – 22.4
  • 2021-22 (as at 31/03/22) – 75.5 (the estates service was brought back in house to be
    part of the OPCC from 01/04/22)
  • 2022-23 (as at 31/03/23) – Not yet available (most recent structure is available via
    the OPCC website Team Information – West Mercia Police Crime Commissioner
    (westmercia-pcc.gov.uk)

Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write to the Information Compliance Unit; Information Compliance Unit, PO Box 55, Worcester, WR3 8SP. Email: [email protected]

Yours sincerely,

FOI Officer

West Mercia PCC