Lease Cars

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Dear Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Primary Care Trust (PCT),

I am emailing to make an FOI request. Please provide the following information:

1) the name, grade and job title of any staff member who had a lease car funded wholly or in part by your organisation in 2009/10, 2010/11, or who currently has a lease car; please specify for each person in which of the three specified periods

2) for each person, I would like to know the make and model of the car

If you believe that this is personal data, and disclosure would breach the Data Protection Act, I would like to point out that I have requested information during the period where there has been a substantial public interest in the expenses paid to senior staff, and when cuts to NHS organisations had been announced. On this basis, I believe that disclosure of the fact that a person was in receipt of a lease car paid for from public funds would have had the reasonable expectation that a benefit such as a lease car would be made public. I believe that the disclosure of this information is necessary for a legitimate interest, and no unwarranted harm will be caused to the individuals concerned.

Even if you refuse to disclose the names, I would still like the list of cars and grades of the staff who received them.

If you need clarification of any part of this request, please contact me.

Yours faithfully,

Ding Jinhui

Bottomley Elaine (5NQ) Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale PCT,

Reference: FOI/11/19

Dear Mr Jinhui

INFORMATION REQUESTED UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000

Following your recent request for the supply of information relating to
leased cars, this letter is to inform you of the progress made with your
request.

The information you requested is detailed below.

1. The name, grade and job title of any staff member who had a lease car
funded wholly or in part by your organisation in 2009/10, 2010/11, or
who currently has a lease car; please specify for each person in which
of the three specified periods
2. For each person, I would like to know the name and model of the car.

I can advise that NHS Heywood Middleton and Rochdale do not lease vehicles
to staff.

If you are dissatisfied with the way your request has been handled by the
PCT or you have other concerns, you have the right to appeal and request a
review of our decision, you should write to:

Information Governance Officer

NHS Heywood Middleton and Rochdale

5^th Floor, Telegraph House, Baillie Street

Rochdale

OL16 1JA

If following your review you remain dissatisfied with the outcome of your
appeal, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner Officer
(ICO) for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you
have exhausted the appeals procedure provided by NHS Heywood Middleton and
Rochdale.

The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information
Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
5AF.

Yours sincerely

Elaine Bottomley

Freedom of Information Officer

NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale

T: 01706 652837

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Dear Bottomley Elaine (5NQ) Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale PCT,

Thank you for the very swift and clear response

Yours sincerely,

Ding Jinhui