Chief Constable of Lincolnshire Police

The complainant requested numbers of staff employed (actual and full time equivalent) for specified categories of employees between 2010 to 2024. Lincolnshire Police provided some of the requested information dating from 2014. At internal review, Lincolnshire Police explained that it was unable to provide any earlier data as it no longer had access to a redundant system. During the Commissioner’s investigation, Linconshire Police provided the complainant with additional information which it had obtained from its Annual Data Returns for workforce figures submitted to the Home Office for the years 2010 to 2013, for some categories of employees requested by the complainant. He maintained that Lincolnshire Police must hold further information. The Commissioner has considered whether Lincolnshire Police holds more information than has already been disclosed to the complainant. The Commissioner’s decision is, on the balance of probabilities, that no further recorded information within the scope of the request is held by Lincolnshire Police. No steps are required as a result of this notice.