Previous Freedom of Information Requests

FOI on the cost of the OPCC. Date of response 17/04/2025. Reference number 793

• FOI on research projects and services Date of response 15/01/24. Reference number 727
• FOI on victim services commissioned by the OPCC (PDF). Date of response 22/03/24. Reference number 733
  • Victim Services  (PDF)
• FOI on female only support services (PDF). Date of response 18/04/2024. Reference number 742.
• FOI on written communication from the PCC to ASP on veganphobia and hate crimes against vegans (PDF). Date of response 24/04/2024. Reference number 739.
• FOI on the spend of office supplies and associated products in the last 2 years (PDF). Date of response 24/04/2024. Reference number 748.
• FOI on the Violence Reduction Partnership (VRP) (PDF)   Date of response 26/04/2024. Reference number 744
• FOI on the allocation of funding from the council. Date of response 23/05/2024 Reference number 752
• FOI sum of money given to the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Date of response 23/05/2024. Reference number 751
• FOI on the Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Programme. Date of response 19/06/2024. Reference number 753
• FOI on individual loans given by authorities. Date of response 02/07/2024. Reference number 755
• FOI on revenue received for services. Date of response 19/07/2024. Reference number 756.
• FOI on the cost of running the PCC and office. Date of response 16/07/2024. Reference number 758.
• FOI on VRU governance group minutes and papers Date of response 27/08/2024. Reference number 764.
• FOI on VRP data usage requests Date of response 28/08/2024. Reference number 767.
• FOI on the minutes from the Yeovil Public forum (PDF). Date of response 30/10/2024. Reference number 775.
  • Notes from the forum (PDF)

• MP letter regarding Cotham School (PDF). Date responded 10/01/23. Reference number 950.
  • PCC response to MP (PDF)
  • FOI980 33987 – Appeal  (PDF)
• Total numbers of respondents to the precept survey for each year and how many respondents were employed by Avon and Somerset Police and OPCC. Date responded 26/01/23. Reference number 954.
• Correspondence relating to CCTV at Cotham School (PDF). Date responded 07/02/23. Reference number 950.
  • OPCC to ASP emails (PDF)
• PCC expenses and office running costs (PDF). Date responded 08/02/23. Reference number 955.
• Services commissioned by OPCC over last 12 months for Child Victims (CCE and CSE) (PDF). Date responded 06/04/23. Reference number 092.
• Numbers of prosecutions for illegal e-scooter and e-bike riding Date responded 07/09/23. Reference number 552
• Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Programme financial year 2022/23 Date responded 07/09/23. Reference number 482
• Allocation of funding for victim support services in your local area Date responded 08/09/23. Reference number 512
• Inspection of Accounts rights under the Audit Act 2014 Date responded 02/10/2023. Reference number 455
• Policy covering pension abatement  Date responded 03/01/2024. Reference number 722

• Spend on all telecommunications providers (PDF). Date responded 21/01/22. Reference number 901.
• List of property owned by the PCC (PDF). Date responded 4/02/22. Reference number 898.
  • Police premises (PDF)
• Payments made to charities and third sector organisations (PDF).Date responded 4/02/22. Reference number 902.
• Datasets of responses to the survey undertaken by the OPCC to inform the funding increase in the precept (PDF).  Date responded 11/02/22. Reference number 903.
• Full copies of all minutes, agenda and briefing materials for the quarterly meetings held with Bristol City Council from 2020 onwards (PDF).  Date responded 11/02/22, Reference number 901.
  • 29/01/20 Agenda (PDF)
  • 29/01/202 Notes (PDF)
  • 03/08/20 Agenda (PDF)
  • 03/08/20 Notes (PDF)
  • 12/10/20 Agenda (PDF)
  • 12/10/20 Notes (PDF)
  • 14/01/21 Agenda (PDF)
  • 14/01/21 Notes (PDF)
  • 30/09/21 Agenda (PDF)
  • 30/09/21 Minutes (PDF)
  • 11/10/21 Agenda (PDF)
  • 11/10/21 Minutes (PDF)
• Number of OPCC team based at HQ (PDF). Date responded 2/03/22. Reference number 904.
• Number of complaints against PCC in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 (PDF). Date responded 2/03/22. Reference number 905.
• Full copies of all minutes, agendas, actions, logs and briefing materials for quarterly meeting with Bristol City Council from 2016 – 2019 (PDF). Date responded 11/03/22. Reference number 910.
  • 11/08/16 Notes and actions (PDF)
  • 03/02/17 Agenda Community Safety Liaison agenda (PDF)
  • 06/02/17 Notes (PDF)
  • 13/03/17 Agenda Community Safety Liaison agenda (PDF)
  • 13/03/17 Notes of Bristol Community Safety Liaison meeting (PDF)
  • 22/09/17 Community Safety Liaison agenda (PDF)
  • 22/09/17 Notes of Community Safety Liaison (PDF)
  • 27/04/18 BCC bi-annual agenda (PDF)
  • 27/04/18 BCC bi-annual notes (PDF)
  • 22/08/18 BCC Mayor agenda (PDF)
  • 22/08/18 BCC Mayor notes (PDF)
  • 16/01/19 BCC Mayor agenda (PDF)
  • 16/01/19 BCC Mayor notes (PDF)
  • 17/04/19 BCC Mayor agenda (PDF)
  • 17/04/19 BCC Mayor notes (PDF)
  • 30/07/19 BCC Mayor agenda (PDF)
  • 30/07/19 BCC Mayor notes (PDF)
  • 31/10/19  BCC Mayor agenda (PDF)
  • 31/10/19 BCC Mayor notes (PDF)
• OPCC staff, roles and annual budget (PDF). Date responded 31/03/22. Reference number 916.
• British Muslim recruitment in the OPCC (PDF). Date responded 5/04/22. Reference number 912.
• Full copies of minutes, agendas, action logs and briefing materials for all Bristol Race Manifesto Steering Group and Bristol Race Equality Strategic Leaders’ Group (PDF) Date responded 14/04/22. Reference number 913.
  • BCC Equalities Briefing Paper – November 2018 (PDF)
  • 23/01/19 Minutes (PDF)
  • 22/05/19 Minutes (PDF)
  • 24/07/19 Minutes (PDF)
  • 25/09/19 Minutes (PDF)
  • Terms of Reference 2019 (PDF)
  • Bristol’s response to RDA November 2019 (PDF)
  • Data request – April 2020 – March 2021 (PDF)
  • Minutes March 2021 (PDF)
  • 26/05/2021 RACE notes for RESLG (PDF)
  • Bristol Race Equality SLG Annual report May 2021 (PDF)
  • Bristol Race Equality SLG Work Plan May 2021 (PDF)
  • 13/01/22 Race Equalities document (PDF)
  • RESLG Diverse Voices report  September 2022 (PDF)
  • Race Data Product for RESLG (PDF)
  • RESLG Action Plan (PDF)
  • RESLG and One City Alignment report (PDF)
• Full copies of all minutes, agendas, action logs and briefing materials for the force wide Strategic Independent Advisory Group from 2018 onwards (PDF). Date responded 12/05/22. Reference number 918.
  • CPS South West Hate Crime data 2018/19 Q2 (PDF)
  • 25/09/18 SIAG minutes (PDF)
  • SIAG Action log 2018 (PDF)
  • 3/12/18 SIAG agenda (PDF)
  • SIAG Action Log June 2019 (PDF)
  • SIAG minutes June 2019 (PDF)
  • 10/09/19 SIAG minutes (PDF)
  • CPS South West Hate Crime data 2019/20 Q1 (PDF)
  • 02/12/21 SIAG agenda (PDF)
• Full copies of all minutes, agendas, actions, logs and briefing materials for the Scrutiny of Police Powers Panel meetings held from June 2017 (PDF). Date responded 19/05/22. Reference number 919.
  • SOPP observations re personal information 04/08/21 (PDF)
  • Chair’s update 01/09/2021 (PDF)
  • Agenda 09/09/22 (PDF)
  • Agenda 16/12/21 (PDF)
  • Agenda 30/03/22 (PDF)
  • Agenda 20/04/22 (PDF)
  • IOPC Independent Investigation Summary (PDF)
• Qualitative and quantitative research undertaken that has been focused on public of victim perceptions of policing in 2020/21 and 2021/22 (PDF). Date responded 27/05/22. Reference number 920.
• Communications between former PCC Sue Mountstevens and the Mayor of Bristol’s Office June/July 2020 (PDF). Date responded 27/05/22. Reference number 923.
• Full copies of all communication between Sue Mountstevens and any members of the Mayor of Bristol’s Office from March through to May 2021 (PDF). Date responded 23/06/22. Reference number 925.
• Quickest and longest response timeframe in days from the OPCC (PDF). Date responded 8/07/22. Reference number 928.
• Material made public around Nick Gargan’s disciplinary process and resignation (PDF). Date responded 29/07/22. Reference number 930.
  • Relevant information (PDF)
• Money spent by OPCC and PCC on cakes (PDF). Date 7/09/22. Reference number 932.
• Questions relating to ED&I roles and training in the OPCC (PDF). Date 5/10/22. Reference number 936.
• Surety fiduciary bonds (PDF). Date 10/11/22. Reference 940.
• Police authority and PCC annual accounts (PDF). Date 15/11/22. Reference 938.
• LQC payment (PDF). Date 25/11/22. Reference 044.
• PCC diary appointments from January 2020 to December 2021 (PDF). Date 15/12/22. Reference number 947.
  • May 2021
  • June 2021
  • July 2021
  • August 2021
  • September 2021
  • October 2021
  • November 2021
  • December 2021

• Information on Stonewall Diversity Champion applications (PDF). Date responded: 17/2/21. Reference number: 851.
• Home Office Safer Streets funding district in Avon and Somerset (PDF). Date responded: 24/2/21. Reference number: 850.
• Specialist domestic abuse and sexual assault funding (PDF). Date responded: 1/2/21. Reference number: 848.
• Mental health support provision (PDF). Date responded 7/1/21. Reference number: 846.
  • Attachment 1: Appeals procedure (PDF)
  • Attachment 2: Response to question 3 (PDF)
• Number of OPCC staff who has one or more of the words equality, diversity, fairness inclusion, gender, LGBT or race in their job title (PDF). Date responded 7/1/21. Reference number: 847.
• Information about complaints against the Chief Constable. Date responded 10/03/21. Reference number: 852
• Information about PCC elections. Date responded 18/03/21. Reference number: 853
• Information about political advisers for PCC. Date responded 30/03/21. Reference number: 854
• Information about whistleblowers. Date responded 30/03/21. Reference number 858
• Information on the Scrutiny of Police Powers panel. Date responded 23/4/21. Reference number 861
• Out of Courts Disposal panel. Date responded 26/4/21. Reference number 860
• Scrutiny of Police Powers Panel. Date responded 28/4/21. Reference number 861
• IOPC report for Bijan Ebrahimi. Date responded 28/4/21. Reference number 863
• Number of police officers convicted of criminal offence and pension forfeiture. Date responded 28/4/21. Reference number 862
• Qualitative and quantitative research undertaken that focused on public perception of policing.  Date responded 10/06/21. Reference number 865
• Copies of all reports, assessments, memos, briefing notes and presentations relating to the Black Lives Matter protest and Edward Colston statue toppling. Date responded 19/08/21. Reference number 872
• Copies of all reviews, reports, memos, information notes, briefing materials and presentations relating to the ‘Kill the Bill.‘ Date responded 13/09/21. Reference number 872.
• Full details of staffing changes with the OPCC since the election. Date responded 1/10/21. Reference number 877.
• Cost of Police and Crime Survey 2021. Date responded 6/10/21. Reference number 876.
• Scrutiny of Police Powers report. Date responded 26/11/21. Reference number 870.
• Details of OPCC deal with complaints against Chief Constable. Date responded 20/11/21. Reference number 882.
  • IOPC Chief Officer referral form
• OPCC size of offices, revenue and general staffing. Date responded 26/11/21. Reference number 880.
• Scrutiny of Police Powers report. Date responded 26/11/21. Reference number 878.
• Number of police complaint reviews and number of police complaints upheld by OPCC. Date responded 7/12/21. Reference number 888.
• Questions regarding community trigger. Date responded 8/12/21. Reference number 887.
• Cost of Police Tax Survey. Date responded 31/12/21. Reference number 893.
• Precept increase and total raise for budget. Date responded 31/12/21. Reference number 894.

• Work with joint health partners (PDF). Date responded 24/11/20. Reference number: 840
• PCC staff members and PCC FOIs (PDF). Date responded 12/11/20. Reference number: 841.
• OPCC Senior staff previous work for the police (PDF). Date responded: 6/11/20. Reference number: 839.
• Annual running costs of the PCC’s office (PDF). Date responded: 2/09/20. Reference number: 830.
• Information on the charging decision of police employee (PDF). Date responded: 11/08/20. Reference number: 823.
• Audio recording of Police Appeals Tribunal (PDF). Date responded: 05/08/20. Reference number: 820.
• The Police and Crime Commissioner’s (PCC) involvement in the planning of the policing operation of the statue (PDF). Date responded: 30/07/20. Reference number: 821.
• Amount of people who contacted to the PCC regarding the Edward Colston statue (PDF). Date responded: 18/06/20. Reference number: 817.
  • Attachment 1: Freedom of Information Request Appeals Procedure (PDF)
• Correspondence between the PCC, Chief Constable and Mr John Smith regarding Deputy PCC appointment (PDF). Date responded: 17/06/20. Reference number: 814.
  • Attachment 1: Deputy PCC Job Description (PDF)
  • Attachment 2: Chief Constable letter to the PCC 19/03/20 (PDF)
  • Attachment 3: Chief Constable letter to the PCC 23/03/20 (PDF)
  • Attachment 4: PCC correspondence with Chief Constable (PDF)
• Attempts to access pornographic websites on computers and other devices connected to the OPCC’s internet networks (PDF). Date responded: 09/06/20. Reference number: 815.
• The PCC’s response to Home Office consultation: “Strengthening police powers to tackle unauthorised encampments” (PDF). Date responded: 09/03/20. Reference number: 808.
• The PCC and OPCC salary costs (PDF). Date responded: 25/02/20. Reference number: 803.
  • Additional information (PDF)
• Grants awarded in the financial years 2017-18 and 2018-19 (PDF). Date responded: 05/02/20. Reference number: 802
• Correspondence relating to Drug Consumption Rooms and Overdose Prevention Rooms (PDF). Date responded: 06/02/20. Reference number: 800
  • Correspondence (PDF)
• Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) (PDF). Date responded: 27/01/20. Reference number: 799.
  • Attachment 1: Your right to access application (PDF)
  • Attachment 2: Information governance guidance for staff (PDF)
  • Attachment 3: Breach of Data Protection GDPR – Internal policy (PDF)

• The PCC’s connections to the Countryside Alliance, Vote-OK, Fox hunts and Blood sports (PDF). Date responded: 17/12/19. Reference number:798.
• Employees of the OPCC who sign the Official Secrets Act (PDF). Date responded: 18/12/19. Reference number: 796.
• Overall Spend on PCC branded merchandise (PDF). Date responded: 24/10/19. Reference number: 795.
  • Attachment 1: Total spend (PDF)
• National Ugly Mugs (NUM) funding (PDF). Date responded: 31/10/19. Reference number: 794.
• Uniformed police projected leaving rate, recruitment and training plan for the next 10 years (PDF). Date responded: 18/10/19. Reference number: 792.
  • Attachment 1: Police officer recruitment schedule – five year outlook (PDF)
• Map showing crime hotspots against top five crime types (PDF) (PDF). Date responded: 16/10/19. Reference number: 790.
  • Attachment 1: Call demand and crime type map (PDF)
• The PCC’s correspondence about the Crisis Concordant meeting in past three years (PDF). Date responded: 17/09/19. Reference number: 787.
• Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) spend and forward planning (PDF). Date responded: 29/08/19. Reference number: 785.
• Is there a backlog of Subject Access Requests? (PDF). Date responded: 05/08/19. Reference number: 784.
• Police and Crime Plans (PDF). Date responded: 05/08/19. Reference number: 780.
• The OPCC’s evidence from their consultation on ‘police powers for dealing with unauthorised development and encampments’ in 2018 (PDF). Date responded: 07/08/19. Reference number: 779.
• The PCC’s application for certificate of Forfeiture of an Officer’s police pension after conviction from 2016 to 2018 (PDF). Date responded: 01/08/19. Reference number: 778.
• The OPCC’s staff structure and salaries (PDF). Date responded: 25/06/19. Reference number: 776.
• List of funding granted to charities, faith groups, welfare forums, BAME groups (PDF). Date responded: 04/02/19. Reference number: 759.
• OPCC external communications support (PDF). Date responded: 23/01/19. Reference number: 758.
• Involvement in the Southmead Project and Wall of Silence (PDF). Date responded: 04/01/19. Reference number: 752.