Date of Request
19/02/2026
Request
Dear Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service,
1) In regard to the Sergeant judgment how many RSSs were identified as needing to be calculated in total?
2) Can you break down the total RSSs, which needed to be calculated, into specific categories?
3) In regard to issuing Remediable Service Statements, pertaining to the Sargeant judgment, how many RSSs have been issued from the beginning and up to and including 31st January 2026?
4) Can you break down the total of RSSs issued during this period into categories?
5) How many Remediable Service Statements are still outstanding?
6) Can you break down the outstanding RSS numbers into categories?
Yours faithfully,
Response
Good Morning
We thank you for your request for information, which has been received by Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service (the Service) and considered under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000.
The Service can confirm that the information that you have requested is held and is as per the below table:
| RSS Type | Total | Produced | Outstanding |
| Active | 204 | 177 | 27 |
| Deferred | 157 | 0 | 157 |
| Pensioner – Ill Health | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Pensioner – Taper/Unprotected | 25 | 14 | 11 |
| Pensioner – Protected | 126 | 0 | 126 |
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