 Your email to the Merseyside Police Freedom of Information (FOI) in box is
 acknowledged.

  

 If it contains an initial (new) request under FOI it will be dealt with in
 accordance with section 10 of the Act which means that you are entitled to
 receive a response no later than 20 working days after the first working
 day* on which your request is received.

  

 Other arrangements may apply if a fees notice is issued or if the time
 period is extended in order that public interest considerations of our
 response may take place. Section 10 also allows public authorities to
 apply variations to the normal 20 working day timescale in some limited
 circumstances.

  

 Due to the volume of e-mail correspondence and FOI applications received,
 the Force regrets that individual acknowledgement e-mails will not be sent
 even if specifically requested.

  

 If the correspondence cannot be dealt with as FOI, it will be forwarded
 internally and you will be advised of the location. Any related
 communication must be direct to the identified location and not the FOI
 e-mail address.

  

 *The ‘working day’ is defined as any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday,
 Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday under the
 Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in any part of the United Kingdom.
 The first reckonable day is the working day after the working day of
 receipt.

 Although every effort will be made to ensure a response is provided within
 statutory deadlines, due to current circumstances delays may be
 unavoidable. We apologise for any inconvenience and will endeavour to
 process your request as quickly as is practicable.

  

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