NFRS 2022 98 - Gross/Serious misconduct disciplinary investigations

You asked for:

1. 1. How many operational staff (grey book employees) are currently (as of 17/1/23) subject to live or ongoing GROSS/SERIOUS misconduct disciplinary investigations?
   2. How many of these involved allegations of sexual harassment?
   3. How many of these involved allegations of racism?
2. 1. How many operational staff (grey book employees) were subject to GROSS/SERIOUS misconduct disciplinary investigations in 2022?
   2. How many of these involved allegations of sexual harassment?
   3. How many of these involved allegations of racism?
3. How many operational staff (grey book employees) work at your fire service?

Our Response:

1. 1. How many operational staff (grey book employees) are currently (as of 17/1/23) subject to live or ongoing GROSS/SERIOUS misconduct disciplinary investigations?

      Answer: - No Information Held, no employees (grey book) are currently subject to a live or ongoing investigation for GROSS/SERIOUS misconduct.

   2. How many of these involved allegations of sexual harassment?

      Answer: - Not applicable please refer to question 1(a)

   3. How many of these involved allegations of racism?

      Answer: - Not applicable please refer to question 1(a)

2. 1. How many operational staff (grey book employees) were subject to GROSS/SERIOUS misconduct disciplinary investigations in 2022?

      Answer: - 1

   2. How many of these involved allegations of sexual harassment?

      Answer: - No Information Held, no employees (grey book) are currently subject to a live or ongoing investigation for GROSS/SERIOUS misconduct in relation to allegations of sexual harassment.

   3. How many of these involved allegations of racism?

      Answer: - 1

3. How many operational staff (grey book employees) work at your fire service?

   Answer: - Exempt by virtue of section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000

21. Information accessible to applicant by other means.

1. Information which is reasonably accessible to the applicant otherwise than under section 1 is exempt information.
2. For the purposes of subsection (1)—
   1. Information may be reasonably accessible to the applicant even though it is accessible only on payment, and
   2. Information is to be taken to be reasonably accessible to the applicant if it is information which the public authority or any other person is obliged by or under any enactment to communicate (otherwise than by making the information available for inspection) to members of the public on request, whether free of charge or on payment.
3. For the purposes of subsection (1), information which is held by a public authority and does not fall within subsection (2)(b) is not to be regarded as reasonably accessible to the applicant merely because the information is available from the public authority itself on request, unless the information is made available in accordance with the authority’s publication scheme and any payment required is specified in, or determined in accordance with, the scheme.

Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 is categorised as an Absolute and Class Based type exemption and therefore does not require a public interest test to be carried nor must Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service articulate the harm in disclosure.

The information requested can be accessed at the following location workforce diversity