Received: 15 July 2026

QUESTION 1: 

‘I am requesting information held centrally by the Police Federation of England & Wales (Leatherhead HQ) relating specifically to Injury on Duty (IOD) award applications for which C2 funding was requested, whether approved or not approved. I am not requesting information held by local branches. 

Please provide the following information for each Police Federation branch in England & Wales, for each of the last five calendar years.  

C2 Applications for IOD‑Related Matters (Branch‑by‑Branch) For IOD‑related matters only, please provide: 

• The number of C2 applications submitted by each branch; 

• The number of C2 applications approved by HQ for: 

           - Specialist medical opinion; 

           - Legal advice; 

           - Legal representation; 

• The number of C2 applications not approved by HQ for: 

           - Specialist medical opinion; 

           - Legal advice; 

           - Legal representation.’ 

QUESTION 2: 

Outcomes of Funded IOD Cases (Branch‑by‑Branch) Only for cases where PFEW HQ approved C2 funding. 

A. Specialist Medical Opinion 

• Number of funded medical reports completed. 

• Number of funded cases where the medical report led to further funding (e.g., legal advice or legal representation). 

B. Legal Representation – PIBR Stages (Only Where PFEW Funded Representation) For cases where PFEW funded legal representation, please provide: 

• SMP stage 

• Number of funded cases reaching SMP 

• Number of funded cases where the SMP outcome was recorded by PFEW 

• PPA decision stage 

• Number of funded cases reaching PPA decision 

• Number of funded cases where the PPA outcome was recorded by PFEW 

• Section 32(2) reconsideration 

• Number of funded cases reaching reconsideration 

• Number of funded cases where the reconsideration outcome was recorded by PFEW 

C. PMAB Appeals (Only Where PFEW Funded Representation) Number of PMAB cases funded 

• Number of PMAB outcomes recorded (e.g., awarded / not awarded / varied / remitted) 

D. Judicial Reviews (Only Where PFEW Funded Representation) Number of JR cases funded 

• Number of JR outcomes recorded (e.g., permission granted/refused, JR successful/unsuccessful, settled) 

E. Higher Appeals (Only Where PFEW Funded Representation) Number of Crown Court or other higher appeals funded 

• Number of outcomes recorded 

QUESTION 3: 

Legal Spend (IOD‑Related Only) 

For each branch, please provide: 

Total annual legal spend on IOD‑related cases for which funding was approved. 

QUESTION 4: 

Panel Firms Used (IOD‑Related Only) 

For each branch, please provide: 

The names of panel firms instructed in IOD‑related cases for which funding was approved. 

Responded: 3 September 2026

RESPONSE 1: 

For the number of IOD related C2 forms submitted to HQ, please see the first tab of the attached spreadsheet here.  As a lot of the numbers are small, we have not provided the information under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. This is done to prevent the possible identification of individuals.  These values are marked with *.

Of those applications detailed on the spreadsheet: 

For those categories marked by **, the PFEW does not record this data in an easily retrievable format.  In order to obtain the data pertinent to this request, a manual search through each individual file would need to be undertaken.  The PFEW estimates that it would take at least 20 minutes to interrogate each relevant file to extract the data.  This would exceed the time/cost limit of 18 hours/£450 set out in Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). 

RESPONSE 2: 

For data in respect of outcomes of funded IOD cases, please see the second tab of the attached spreadsheet.  As, once again, a lot of the numbers are small, we have not provided the information under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. This is done to prevent the possible identification of individuals.  These values are marked with *. 

A. i) Please see our response to Q1 for the number of funded C2s referred for specialist medical opinion. 

    ii) The number of funded cases where the medical report led to further funding (e.g. legal advice/representation was 11.  These are cases where the initial request from the Federation Branch was for a medical report only but then, as a consequence of the advice from the medical report were then funded further and progressed to a panel firm.

B. The PFEW does not record this data in an easily retrievable format.  In order to obtain the data pertinent to this request, a manual search through each individual file would need to be undertaken.  The PFEW estimates that it would take at least 20 minutes to interrogate each relevant file to extract the data.  This would exceed the time/cost limit of 18 hours/£450 set out in Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). 

C. i) PMAB appeals (only where PFEW funded representation) – 97.  This includes advice sought from panel firms and the PFEW’s in house legal expert. 

    ii) Number of PMAB outcomes recorded – please see our response to B

D. i) Judicial Reviews funded by PFEW and ii) number of JR outcomes recorded - please see our response to B 

E. Higher appeals and number of outcomes recorded – please see our response to B 

RESPONSE 3: 

Please see the third tab of the attached spreadsheet for legal spend on IOD cases by Branch.   

The total annual legal spend on IOD related cases for which funding was approved is: 

RESPONSE 4: 

Please see the fourth tab of the attached spreadsheet for panel firms used per Branch.

The panel firms that the PFEW has instructed for IOD related cases approved for funding are Penningtons, Manches Cooper (PMC), Taylor Law, Trowers and Hamlins and Slater and Gordon.