Received: 26 April 2024

The following information in requested in relation to persons employed and or contracted by or to the Police Federation (Pol Fed), their relationships to each other, the CEO, and their appointment processes to work for the Police Federation either directly or contracted.

-John Phelan

Please provide the following information

1. Is John directly employed by the Pol Fed or is he contracted work as an external agent / company?
2. what is John's pay (please include bonuses, benefits and other financial rewards)?
3. Is John employed in the role of Finance Director (or equivalent or similar role irrespective of particulars of job title proposed or yet to be agreed)?
4. Is the finance director role a Pol Fed role or a contracted out role?
5. What recruitment process have you put in place for the role of Finance Director (or similar role irrespective of particulars of job title, proposed or yet to be agreed)?
6. Is the contract of employment for John a Permanent or Temporary contract?
7. Is the role of Financial Director a permanent or temporary role irrespective of person currently employed in the role. 
8. Who appointed John as Financial Director? 
9. Was this temporary role advertised or was he directly appointed the role? 
10. Was he appointed to the role by Mukund Krishna in his role or before his appointment as CEO?
11. Did John have a professional or personal relationship / friendship with Mukund Krishna prior to his appointment)?

Responded: 15 May 2024

Mr Phelan is engaged as an external contractor by the PFEW in the capacity of Interim Finance Director.It is intended that the role of Interim Finance Director will exist until such time as the PFEW is able to appoint a permanent Finance Director, which will be a PFEW role. Recruitment for that role has been paused during the current challenging litigation climate. The role was originally advertised via an executive search firm, but the PFEW was unable to attract suitable candidates owing to issues with the PFEW as a brand. Mr Phelan was appointed by Mr Krishna (with whom he had no prior professional/personal relationship or friendship) to support the organisation in addressing its financial challenges in dealing with the current existential crisis. This appointment was made after Mr Krishna took up the role as CEO In relation to questions regarding Mr Phelan's compensation, this information amounts to personal data in accordance with Article 4(1) of the UK General Data Protection regulation (“UK GDPR”). This states “personal data means any information relating to an identifiable natural person”. The PFEW does not consider it has any legitimate interest in providing this personal data. Furthermore, the PFEW considers that the need to protect the interests/fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual militates in favour of not disclosing the personal data requested. As such, the PFEW considers that there is no lawful basis for it to process the relevant personal data by providing it in response to this request and to do so would contravene Article 5(1)(a) of the UK GDPR, namely the principle that personal data “shall be processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner in relation to the data subject”. Accordingly, the PFEW relies on the exemption set out in sections 40(2) and 40(3A)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“FOIA”) which provides that information which constitutes personal data is exempt information if disclosure of the information to a member of the public otherwise than under FOIA would contravene any of the data protection principles.