Following the Home Office’s response to our initial enquiry, The Cummins Accountability Project (TCAP) has today submitted Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to all 48 UK police forces. These requests form part of our broader investigation into public sector procurement and Cummins Ltd’s commercial reach.
Police Forces Contacted:
- Avon and Somerset Police
- Bedfordshire Police
- British Transport Police
- Cambridgeshire Constabulary
- Cheshire Constabulary
- City of London Police
- Cleveland Police
- Cumbria Constabulary
- Derbyshire Constabulary
- Devon and Cornwall Police
- Dorset Police
- Durham Constabulary
- Dyfed-Powys Police
- Essex Police
- Gloucestershire Constabulary
- Greater Manchester Police
- Gwent Police
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary
- Hertfordshire Constabulary
- Humberside Police
- Kent Police
- Lancashire Constabulary
- Leicestershire Police
- Lincolnshire Police
- Merseyside Police
- Metropolitan Police Service
- Norfolk Constabulary
- North Wales Police
- North Yorkshire Police
- Northamptonshire Police
- Northumbria Police
- Nottinghamshire Police
- Police Scotland
- Police Service of Northern Ireland
- South Wales Police
- South Yorkshire Police
- Staffordshire Police
- Suffolk Constabulary
- Surrey Police
- Sussex Police
- Thames Valley Police
- Warwickshire Police
- West Mercia Police
- West Midlands Police
- West Yorkshire Police
- Wiltshire Police
Scope of the Request:
Each FOI request asks the following:
“Please provide the number of vehicles procured by your force between March 23, 2020, and July 19, 2021 (the duration of the COVID-19 lockdown period in the UK). Of those, how many were fitted with engines supplied by Cummins Ltd?”
We look forward to receiving and analysing the responses and will publish a summary of findings in due course.
Lee Thompson
Founder, The Cummins Accountability Project
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