Staff Fuel Allowance and Travel Costs

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Charlotte Lynch

Dear Freedom of Information team,

I'd like to request the following information please.

Q1. In the last 12 months, have you increased the fuel allowance for your staff who are eligible to claim back fuel costs? Please answer yes or no.
Q1i. If yes, please specify the rate now (June 2022) paid back to staff for fuel costs and the criteria for reimbursement, and what the rate and criteria was in June 2021.

Q2. Between 1st June 2021 and 31st May 2022, how much money did the trust spent on the following? (Please provide totals for each individual point below rather than a group total)

- Providing hire cars for staff
- Providing public transport travel passes
- Investing in pool cars

Q3. Between 1st June 2020 and 31st May 2021, how much money did the trust spent on the following? (Please provide totals for each individual point below rather than a group total)

- Providing hire cars for staff
- Providing public transport travel passes
- Investing in pool cars

Please respond to me via my email address.

Many thanks,
Charlotte Lynch

FOI (ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITALS NHS TRUST), Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

Dear Charlotte Lynch

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST Ref: 16974 

Thank you for your request for information as detailed below (if I have
misunderstood any part of your request, please let me know as soon as
possible, otherwise I shall continue to retrieve the information as
outlined):

 

Q1. In the last 12 months, have you increased the fuel allowance for your
staff who are eligible to claim back fuel costs? Please answer yes or no.

Q1i. If yes, please specify the rate now (June 2022) paid back to staff
for fuel costs and the criteria for reimbursement, and what the rate and
criteria was in June 2021.

 

Q2. Between 1st June 2021 and 31st May 2022, how much money did the trust
spent on the following? (Please provide totals for each individual point
below rather than a group total)

 

- Providing hire cars for staff

- Providing public transport travel passes

- Investing in pool cars

 

Q3. Between 1st June 2020 and 31st May 2021, how much money did the trust
spent on the following? (Please provide totals for each individual point
below rather than a group total)

 

- Providing hire cars for staff

- Providing public transport travel passes

- Investing in pool cars

 

Your request was received on 14^th June 2022, and I am dealing with it
under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please be advised
the NHS is under considerable pressure dealing with the current pandemic
outbreak of Covid – 19.  Many administrative staff are being asked to work
from home or are being retrained to undertake other roles to help support
areas affected by the virus. The Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust will
provide the response to your request at the earliest opportunity.

 

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Cheshire

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In the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any
queries or concerns (please remember to quote the reference number in any
future correspondence).

 

Yours sincerely

Holly

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FOI (ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITALS NHS TRUST), Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

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Dear Charlotte Lynch,

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST Ref: 16974

I apologise on the behalf of the Trust for the delay in responding to your
request. Your request for information has now been considered and the
response is attached.

 

If you have any queries or concerns, then please do not hesitate to
contact me (please remember to quote the reference number above in any
future communications).

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of our decision,
you should write to the Information Governance Manager, Kedhlow Building,
Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 3LJ or e-mail
[1][Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust request email]

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint or review, you
may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.
Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the
complaints procedure provided by the Royal Cornwall Hospital.

 

The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

 

Telephone: 0303 123 1113 or 01625 54 57 45

[2]www.ico.org.uk

 

Yours sincerely

Holly

 

 

 

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