c/o PO BOX 481
Fareham
Hampshire
PO14 9FS
Tel: 02380 478922
Email: npcc.foi.request@npfdu.police.uk
20/01/2025
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NUMBER 422/2024
Thank you for your request for information regarding funding, governance & MoUs relating to NaVCIS; which has now been considered.
Applicant Question:
Further to response 386/2024 (attached for context)
I note no information is held and trust the following refinement will assist to locate the information i am seeking:
NaVCIS do work at UK Ports and work with the Ports Authorities and the Ports Police. NaVCIS has no financial relationship with them. It is purely operational.
- Thank you. I assume the above statement relates to the current situation. Please advise of any historical arrangement, in particular information relating to the recovery of stolen vehicles at ports and the costs associated with seizure, retention and return. My interest relates to vehicles that have been reported stolen (not the subject of finance agreement/fraud), that are the property of insurers or the original victim where settlement by an insurer has yet to be made.
NaVCIS do not receive any money for providing access to ANPR data. NaVCIS does not provide access to ANPR data.
- Thank you. I assume the above statement relates to the current situation. Please advise of any historical arrangement, offering or consideration (where no agreement was reached) to provide ANPR information whether directly or indirectly. My interest is regarding disclosure to insurers.
- I am seeking information from 2010. I appreciate this will encompass AVCIS. The information in respect of ‘1’ and ‘2’ above will capture the arrangements in place as at 24/06/2014 when, accompanied by AVCIS, I met with an insurer. The information I am seeking is:
• the meeting notes held by AVCIS/NaVCIS and the resultant exchanges about the issues discussed.
• AVIC/NaVCIS exploration of making ANPR data available; process & SLA - Regarding funding, please advise the basis upon which the payment made is calculated. Some years ago I understood this to be a percentage based upon the value of recoveries. When, if at all, did this cease and if current what percentage is associated and how are vehicle values (the basis of the calculation) arrived at.
NPCC Response:
Your request has been aggregated with request reference 386/2024 and 422/2024 for cost purposes.
1. NaVCIS does hold recorded information captured by your request.
Historically and presently, third Party costs incurred during the seizure, retention and return of these vehicles is levied against insurance companies / owners. These costs include movements of shipping containers, professional unloading / reloading (of unrelated items), subsequent movement of the vehicles to storage, storage of the vehicles, fees from shipping industry for admin functions and demurrage and detention. These costs are invoiced to NaVCIS who in turn invoice them to the insurance / owner in an auditable process. No additional cost is added for any NaVCIS function.
Here is a recent working example:
Two stolen vehicles found in a container. The costs are split equally between the 2 cars – so each insurance invoiced as follows
£100 Unload
£60 Shunts in Felixstowe
£150 Skip charge
£500 Transport and Freight Forwarder charge
£810 Total inc. vat
There may be an additional charge by a third party for the storage of the vehicle, whilst the insurance company/legal owner arrange for their transporters to collect the vehicle. However this is paid directly to the storage company by the insurance company or legal owner
2. NaVCIS does not hold recorded information captured by part two of your request.
3. NaVCIS does not hold recorded information captured by part three of your request.
4. NaVCIS does hold recorded information captured by your request.
NaVCIS calculates the required budget/funding required for the financial year, then the decision is the FLAs as to how they will recoup the money from their members. They calculate the seizure, referral and % of BBV required to cover the funding, we provide the FLA with all the referral and seizure data for them to calculate this.
In view of this response, the applicant may consider a request to the FLA.
However, charges this year:
A referral into NaVCIS = £200
UK Seizures = £1000 + 8% of BBV variable.
Overseas seizures = £1500 + 8% of BBV variable.
Variable % is based upon year to date throughput and agreed budget.
UK and overseas seizure of shells / heavily damaged / engine only = £500 flat fee.
Yours sincerely
Sherry Traquair
Freedom of Information Officer & Decision Maker
www.npcc.police.uk
COMPLAINT RIGHTS
Internal Review
If you are dissatisfied with the response you have been provided with, in compliance with the Freedom of Information legislation, you can lodge a complaint with NPCC to have the decision reviewed within 40 working days of the date of this response. The handling of your request will be looked at by someone independent of the original decision, and a fresh response provided.
It would be helpful, if requesting a review, for you to articulate in detail the reasons you are not satisfied with this reply.
If you would like to request a review, please write or send an email to NPCC Freedom of Information, c/o PO Box 481, Fareham, Hampshire, PO14 9FS.
Annex A
Section 17 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 requires the NPCC, when refusing to provide
information by way of exemption in question and (c) states why the exemption applies. In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 this letter acts as a refusal notice to those aspects of your request.
Legislation – Section 16
(1) It shall be the duty of a public authority to provide advice and assistance, so far as it would be reasonable to expect the authority to do so, to persons who propose to make, or have made, requests for information to it.