Cost to GMC of case GMC vs Dr RG Allen (GMC 3172375)
Dear General Medical Council,
Please supply accurate details of the total cost to the GMC for the above case.
I would anticipate the figures to include a breakdown of the total spending such as information gathering, witness enquiries, pre hearing legal advice, and the cost of the hearing itself, including the sum spent on counsel for the GMC, and the staff and panel members.
I am requesting total costs calculated from the outset of receiving the initial complaint (sometime in early 2020), for bringing and processing the above case.
Yours faithfully,
Ricky Allen
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Dear Mr Allen,
Your information request - IR1-4187576285
Thank you for your email dated 12 December.
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Dear Ricky Allen
Your information access request IR1-4187576285
Thank you for your email of 12 December asking for the total costs to the
GMC of the case of GMC vs Dr RG Allen. I’ve considered your request under
the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).
I’m not able to provide the total costs from the outset of receiving the
initial complaint, as we don’t hold this information. We wouldn’t be able
to calculate the costs of staffing time spent on a specific case.
Advice and assistance
We do hold some quantifiable costs relating to cases, especially those
that go to a hearing. These include the costs claimed by tribunal panel
members, and legal costs. We can also provide an average cost-per-day of
hearings based on the year in which they took place. If you’d like to
re-submit your request as a request for these quantifiable costs, we’ll be
happy to proceed with it on that basis.
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Yours sincerely
Edd Mustill
Information Access Officer
Information Access Team
General Medical Council
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Dear Edd Mustill,
Re my information access request IR1-4187576285 and your response of 15/1/2024
Thank you for your response. I wish to make a FOI request in relation to GMC vs Dr Ricky Allen. Please supply all quantifiable GMC costs in this case, including but not limited to, the costs claimed by tribunal panel members, and legal costs.
Yours sincerely,
Ricky Allen
Dear Ricky Allen
Your information access request IR1-4235103113
Thank you for your email dated 15 January asking for quantifiable costs in
relation to the case GMC vs Dr Ricky Allen. I’ve considered your request
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).
Please find the relevant information attached. Please note that the
indirect hearing costs largely comprise staff costs, and have been worked
out based on the average per-day hearing costs for 2023.
I hope you find this information useful. If you have any queries about
this, or need anything further, please contact me on the details below.
Yours sincerely
Edd Mustill
Information Access Officer
Information Access Team
General Medical Council
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Ricky Allen left an annotation ()
This was the gmc of 15 Jan 2023;
Edd Mustill, General Medical Council 15 January 2024
Dear Ricky Allen
Your information access request IR1-4187576285
Thank you for your email of 12 December asking for the total costs to the
GMC of the case of GMC vs Dr RG Allen. I’ve considered your request under
the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).
I’m not able to provide the total costs from the outset of receiving the
initial complaint, as we don’t hold this information. We wouldn’t be able
to calculate the costs of staffing time spent on a specific case.
Advice and assistance
We do hold some quantifiable costs relating to cases, especially those
that go to a hearing. These include the costs claimed by tribunal panel
members, and legal costs. We can also provide an average cost-per-day of
hearings based on the year in which they took place. If you’d like to
re-submit your request as a request for these quantifiable costs, we’ll be
happy to proceed with it on that