The Freedom of Information Act requires all public bodies to provide a general right of public access to the information they hold. This right becomes effective on 1st January 2005.

The basic premise is that all information should be releasable unless it can be clearly demonstrated that it is not in the public interest to release it. The Act provides for exemptions, of which the following may apply to Northumbria Safer Roads Initiative:
  • Section 30 - Investigations;
  • Section 31 - Law enforcement;
  • Section 36 - Prejudice the effective conduct of public affairs;
  • Section 38 - Health and safety; and
  • Section 43 - Commercial interests.



The publication scheme is a document describing the many different types of information held by the Northumbria Safer Roads Initiative in a clear and structured way. Information is classified by type, saving you time and effort by making it easier for you to find what you want.
It is not a full list of all our publications, because these change all the time.

Northumbria Safer Roads Initiative Publication Scheme

Requests for Information


If you wish to request information that is available only by request, not listed, or you do not have access to the formats listed, you may make a request in writing to:

Fixed Penalty Unit
Northumbria Police HQ
Ponteland
NE20 OBL


The request must contain a name and postal address for reply purposes.

or send an email to safespeedforlife@northumbria.pnn.police.uk

Your request for information will be acknowledged upon receipt and either the information requested or the reason for it not being provided will be given within 20 working days.

All information listed will be provided in the formats shown free of charge.




A table showing the information that is likely to be requested, but the Northumbria Safer Roads Initiative does not intend to release (either because it is exempt under the Act or is available from other sources) is also provided.

Information that cannot be released by NSCP




The following information is available online in Adobe PDF documents.

Annual Report

Annual Report 08/09 (7MB)
Annual Report 07/08 (4475KB)
Annual Report 06/07 (475KB)
Annual Report 05/06 (639KB)
Annual Report 04/05 (812KB)
Annual Report 03/04 (639KB)

If you would like a hard copy of the report, please write to
NSCP (Annual Report Request), PO Box 124, Cramlington, NE23 1WU.
giving your full postal address.

Policy Documents

Decommissioning Policy (22KB)
NSCP - Police Direction and Control (77KB)
NSCP Operational case 04-05 FOI (530KB)
Predicted Expenditure 04-05 (46KB)
NSCP Operational case 05-06 FOI (107KB)
NSCP Operational case 05-06 supporting document (880KB)
NSCP Operational Case 06/07 (173KB)
Site Compliancy (55KB)
Site Selection Criteria (23KB)
Vandalism (48KB)
 
Speed and Collision Data for Camera Sites
Explanatory notes for speed and collision data tables
2000 casualties
2001 casualties
2002 casualties
2003 casualties
2004 Jan-Jun casualties
2004 casualties
2005 casualties
2006 casualties
2007 casualties
2008 casualties
2009 casualties
Baseline data
New site baseline
2004 New site baseline
Summer 2003 speed survey
Winter 2003 speed survey
January 2004 speed survey
Summer 2004 speed survey
Winter 2004 speed survey
Jan-Jun 2005 speed survey
Jul-Dec 2005 speed survey
2006 speed surveys
2007 speed surveys
2008 speed surveys
2009 speed surveys
 
Steering Group meetings
Steering Group Minutes July 2010
Steering Group Minutes January 2010
Steering Group Minutes September 2009
Steering Group Minutes April 2009
Steering Group Minutes January 2009
Steering Group Minutes November 2008
Steering Group Minutes September 2008
Steering Group Minutes January 2008
Steering Group Minutes May 2007
Steering Group Minutes September 2007
 
Working Group meetings
Working Group Minutes March 2010
Working Group Minutes January 2010
Working Group Minutes September 2009
Working Group Minutes July 2009
Working Group Minutes April 2009
Working Group Minutes January 2009
Working Group Minutes September 2008
Working Group Minutes July 2008
Working Group Minutes May 2008
Working Group Minutes April 2008
Working Group Minutes January 2008
Working Group Minutes November 2007
Working Group Minutes September 2007
Working Group Minutes July 2007
Working Group Minutes April 2007

Some sections of these document have redacted as they concern the partnership's policy regarding vandalism or enforcement operations which are exempt from publication under the Freedom of Information Act Section 31, as the information concerns law enforcement functions and affects the prevention or detection of crime and apprehension or prosecution of offenders.  Under the Act this is a prejudiced based, qualified exemption. It is considered that the public interest in disclosing this information is outweighed by the potential consequences to law enforcement and the impact of such a release on road safety measures, and consequently the safety of the public at large.




Freedom of Information Act 2000
Data Protection Act 1998
Freedom of information: Lord Chancellor's site