Information Governance
Manor Hospital
PRIVATE
Moat Road
Liam Porter
Walsall
West Midlands
Email:
request-1100788-
WS2 9PS
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Tel: 01922 721172 ext. 5701
Date: 21/03/2024
Email
: xxx.xxx@xxx.xxx
Website
: www.walsallhealthcare.nhs.uk
Dear Liam,
Re: FOI ref: 777.23-24 – Cost of Processing Freedom of Information Requests
I am writing in response to your request which was received on 7th March 2024. This has
been managed in accordance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000,
and I am pleased to attach our response which can be found overleaf.
Please note that the data supplied is not allowed to be re-used and/or published without
the explicit consent of Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust. Please contact the signatory to
request permission if this is your intention.
This letter confirms the completion of this request. A log of this request and a copy of this
letter will be retained by the Trust.
If you have any queries related to the response provided, please contact my office via
xxx.xxx@xxx.xxx in the first instance. Should you have a complaint about the response or
the handling of your request, please also contact my office to request a review of this. If
having exhausted the Trusts internal process you are still dissatisfied, you are entitled to
approach the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and request an assessment of the
manner in which the Trust has managed your request.
The Information Commissioner may be contacted at: Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF or via
www.ico.org.uk
Kind Regards
Rachel Murphy
Freedom of Information Requests Co-Ordinator
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FOI ref : 777.23-24
Re: Cost of Processing Freedom of Information Requests
For the last 3 tax year's (23/22, 22/21, 21/20) please provide the total cost of:
• Total number of staff hired with responsibility for freedom of information requests,
(full time equivalent).
1 WTE • Total salary costs for staff with responsibility for freedom of information requests.
Band 3 • Total for all other costs associated with handling freedom of information requests.
N/A • Total number of freedom of information requests received, and total number
responded with the requested information.
2020 – 2021 – 498
2021 – 2022 – 461
2022 – 2023 - 762
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