Transport for ACPO Officers | South Yorkshire Police

Reference number:

20100372

Request date:

07/2010

Response date:

28/07/2010 (All day)

Request details:

Please could you provide me with details of transport arrangements for your chief constable and other Acpo-ranked officers in your force?

1) Could you tell me what model of vehicle(s) and how many are currently provided for use by your chief constable and other Acpo-ranked officers during this financial year and were available during the previous two financial years?

2) Could you also tell me how many officers and civilian staff are employed to drive the vehicle(s) currently and for each of the last two financial years and give a breakdown of the cost per year of paying these staff and for providing the vehicle(s), including the cost of leasing the vehicle(s) if appropriate, fuelling, maintaining and repairing them?

3) Finally, could you tell me, if appropriate, how much the vehicle(s) cost to buy and when they were bought?

SYP response:

1) & 3) The information you requested is contained within the table below: -

OFFICER/STAFF MEMBER’S NAME	VEHICLE PROVIDED	PURCHASED ON	COST
CC HUGHES	AUDI ‘A8’ DIESEL	LEASE VEHICLE	APRIL 2008 - £1,000 per month May 2008 – March 2020 - £1,125 per month
DCC DYSON	BMW 530D Automatic	26/10/2006	£32,711
ditto -	BMW 530D Automatic	08/08/2008	£32,436
ACC SAHOTA	BW 530D Automatic	25/11/2009	£37,560.22
ACC WHYMAN	BMW 530D estate	18/07/2007	£33,838
ACC HOLT	BMW 530D Automatic	08/06/2007	£33,725
Mr N. HILLER (POLICE STAFF, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE)	BMW 530D estate	28/02/2007	£37,277
ditto -	BMW 530D estate	April 2010	£38,622.62p

2) The Chief Constable has a police staff (‘civilian’). Currently the salary attracted by this post is between £16,512 and £18,648. All other members of Senior Command Team drive themselves. On the very rare occasions that they need a driver, the Chief Constable’s driver does the job if available, if not a driver from Vehicle Fleet Management is used.