Council Expenditure or Payment to Suppliers from Jan to June 2020

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Dear Flintshire County Council,

I'd like to make a request under the Freedom of Information act for all transactions over £500 from 1st Jan 2020 to 30th June 2020. As a minimum, please make sure to include the date, value and recipient of each transaction. Please also provide details on the procurement category of each transaction if you have it.

If it would help, I am specifically looking for payments to suppliers who provide a service in Health and Social Care. This would include all suppliers falling under the following categories :-

1. Payments to suppliers who provide fostering and adoption services to the Council
2. Payments to suppliers who provide care services to the council. This would include suppliers who provide care under each of the categories below
a. Children's Residential/ Nursing Care Providers
b. Adult Residential/ Nursing Care Providers
c. Elderly Residential/ Nursing Care Providers
d. Domiciliary Care Home Providers
e. Supported Living Care Home Providers
f. Care at Home Providers
g. Providers who carry out Homeless Services
3. Payments to suppliers who provide Special Education Services

In particular I am looking for itemized transactions for suppliers from Jan to June 2020 - preferably in CSV format. For avoidance of doubt, I am making this request under the Freedom of Information Act. I await your response within 20 working days.

Thank you,
Yours faithfully,
Nikhil Prabhu

Flintshire County Council

Dear Mr Prabhu,

I write to acknowledge receipt of your Freedom of Information request
received 24/08/2020 which has been given the reference number F00018941.
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Flintshire County Council

Good afternoon,

Could you provide clarification below for the above FOI-

What is meant by Domiciliary Care Home Providers, do you mean Domiciliary
Home Care Providers? 

What is meant by Care at Home Providers?

I look forward to your response to enable us to proceed with your request.

Many Thanks

Rachael Strand

FOI Contact Officer

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arall, er enghraifft, cyhoeddi neu gyhoeddi masnachol ar wefan, mae angen
caniatâd gyn y Cyngor. Os hoffech ailddefnyddio’r wybodaeth, cysylltwch â
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fydd y gynulleidfa a fwriadwyd fel y gallwn ystyriwch eich cais. Dylid
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Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth, Neuadd Y Sir, Yr Wyddgrug, Sir Y Fflint, CH7 6NB,
neu drwy e-bostio [email address].

Os ydych yn anfodlon â’r modd y mae’r Cyngor wedi ymdrin eich cais am
wybodaeth, gallwch ofyn am adolygiad mewnol o fewn 2 fis o dyddiad yr
ymateb hwn. Lle mae’ch cwyn yn un cymhleth efallai na fydd yn bosib delio
ag ef o fewn yr amserlen uchod. Mewn sefyllfa o’r fath, bydd adroddiad
cynnydd yn cael ei anfon o fewn yr amserlen.

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y Cyngor:

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6NB

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Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
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Dear Flintshire County Council,

Thank you for your response Ms Strand.

To answer your questions: Yes, by Domiciliary Care Home Providers, we meant Domiciliary Home Care Providers. And by Care at Home Providers, they are also essentially Domiciliary Care also. It is just that some councils go by different definitions, hence we included a "catch-all" phrase to include all those services.

I hope I have clarified your query sufficiently.

Yours faithfully,
nikhil prabhu

Rachael Strand, Flintshire County Council

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Dear Mr Prabhu,

Further to your Freedom of Information request dated 24/08/2020,
Flintshire Social Services have responded in the attached spreadsheet to
the questions outlined below-

'I'd like to make a request under the Freedom of Information act for all transactions over £500 from 1st Jan 2020 to 30th June 2020. As a minimum, please make sure to include the date, value and recipient of each transaction. Please also provide details on the procurement category of each transaction if you have it.

 

If it would help, I am specifically looking for payments to suppliers who provide a service in Health and Social Care. This would include all suppliers falling under the following categories :-

 

1. Payments to suppliers who provide fostering and adoption services to the Council

2. Payments to suppliers who provide care services to the council. This would include suppliers who provide care under each of the categories below

a. Children's Residential/ Nursing Care Providers

b. Adult Residential/ Nursing Care Providers

c. Elderly Residential/ Nursing Care Providers

d. Domiciliary Care Home Providers

e. Supported Living Care Home Providers

f. Care at Home Providers

g. Providers who carry out Homeless Services

3. Payments to suppliers who provide Special Education Services'

In response to providing the Providers names, Flintshire believes this
information along with the amounts for each transaction would be
commercially sensitive, and by releasing this would impact on any contract
agreements we have in place as providers would see amounts being paid to
other providers, which may vary according to the service agreed. 

Therefore this is not being released under Section 43 (2) Commercial
Interests, of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

'(2) Information is exempt information if its disclosure under this Act
would, or would be likely to, prejudice the commercial interests of any
person (including the public authority holding it)'. 

Yours Sincerely

 

Freedom of Information Officer

Social Services

Flintshire County Council

 

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 Requests for an internal review should be addressed to the Council’s
Information Governance Manager at:

 Information Governance Team,
County Hall,
Mold,
CH7 6NA

 Or by emailing [1][Flintshire County Council request email]

 Please remember to quote your original request’s reference number.

 You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner. The
Information Commissioner can be contacted at the following address:

 Information Commissioner’s Office,
Wycliffe House,
Water Lane,
Wilmslow,
Cheshire,
SK9 5AF.

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Social Services / Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol
Flintshire County Council | Cyngor Sir y Fflint
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Dear Rachael Strand,

Thank you for your response. Just to note response to 1, 2b,c,d,e,f have been withheld - for which I submit an appeal letter below.

Kind Regards,
Nikhil Prabhu

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Information Governance Team,
County Hall,
Mold,
CH7 6NA

Correspondence Address -- attn: Nikhil Prabhu, ABI, 22 White Close, High Wycombe HP13 5NG
Original Request reference number -- F00018941

We wish to appeal your decision to withhold the information since you consider that the exemption under Section 43(2) Commercial Interests, of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 applies to it.

· All Councils in England, Scotland & Wales and Northern Ireland now provide this information (We can supply examples on request). We feel Flintshire should comply as have every other council done. (Those that have redacted have un-redacted the transactions upon request, where they do not involve the names of private individuals)

· This information should be made available to the public as public funds are involved. The public have a right to know where and to whom the spend arises. Not providing this information is detrimental to the cause and against the rules of the FOI Act

· Whether the information requested may potentially have a negative commercial impact on legal entities (including IFAs) should not be a matter of concern. Other customers data are shown unredacted and the same should apply to Social Care Providers. Whilst we understand some information (Payments directly to a Carer or a child need to be redacted for safeguarding reasons – payments to an IFA or a Care Provider do not raise such issues)

· Negotiations with suppliers to provide services to the Council are undertaken through a formal tendering process (which should be held in private). These negotiations do not depend on the transaction information (supplied on the basis of FOIA). Hence no trade secrets have been compromised

. We feel by withholding and not providing this information, the Council are not fulfilling their statutory obligations under the FOIA

If it would help, we are an organization building systems for Artificial Intelligence through Data Analytics. Our intention in the long term is to work with Local Authorities to optimize the functioning and predict the evolution of Health & Social Care in the UK by creating visions of the future market based on this data.

Thank you,
Yours sincerely,
nikhil prabhu

Dear Rachael Strand,

May I please request an update /or acknowledgement?

Thank you,
Yours sincerely,
nikhil prabhu

Flintshire County Council

Dear Mr Prabhu, 

We apologise for the delayed response. 

Thank you for your email regarding an internal review of your Freedom of
Information Request F00018941. Your request has been assigned to the
complaints officer for Governance with ref number ID 889. 

Should you send any further correspondence about this request, please
include the reference number and either e.mail it to [Flintshire County
Council request email], or post it to Freedom of Information, Flintshire
County Council, Information Governance, County Hall, Mold, Flintshire, CH7
6NB.

Cofion / Regards,

FOI Contact Officer

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Requests for an internal review should be addressed to the Council’s
Information Governance Manager at:

Information Governance Team, County Hall, Mold, CH7 6NA

Or by emailing [Flintshire County Council request email]

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Information Commissioner can be contacted at the following address:

Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF

However, please note that the Commissioner will not normally investigate a
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Gellir cynnwys y ddogfen gyfathrebu hon ac unrhyw ddogfennau amgaeêdig yn
amodol ar hawlfraint. Hyn anfonwyd atoch er gwybodaeth i chi a gallwch ei
ddefnyddio ar gyfer unrhyw ymchwil anfasnachol yr ydych yn ei wneud neu
ymgymryd â. Gellir hefyd defnyddio ei gynnwys at ddibenion adrodd
newyddion. Os oes angen i chi ailddefnyddio’r wybodaeth mewn unrhyw fordd
arall, er enghraifft, cyhoeddi neu gyhoeddi masnachol ar wefan, mae angen
caniatâd gyn y Cyngor. Os hoffech ailddefnyddio’r wybodaeth, cysylltwch â
ni, gan roi gwybod i ni sut rydych chi yn bwriadu ei ailddefnyddio a beth
fydd y gynulleidfa a fwriadwyd fel y gallwn ystyriwch eich cais. Dylid
anfon y wybodaeth hon at: Rheolwr Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth, Tîm
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Rachael Strand, Flintshire County Council

Good morning Mr Prabhu,
My apologies I have not acknowledged your appeal, our Governance team are processing it and will be in touch as soon as possible once the appeal has been looked into.

Kind Regards

Rachael Strand

FOI & DP Contact Officer |  Swyddog Cyswllt Rhyddid Gwybodaeth
Social Services / Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol
Flintshire County Council | Cyngor Sir y Fflint
Ty Dewi Sant, St Davids Park, Ewloe, Flintshire, CH5 3XT / Ty Dewi Sant, St David’s Park, Ewloe, Sir y Fflint CH5 3XT
Tel: 01352701309

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Dear Rachael Strand,

May I request an update?

Yours sincerely,
nikhil prabhu

Alun Kime, Flintshire County Council

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Dear Nikhil

I am writing to you in relation to the above request and subsequent
request for review. I just wanted to assure you that I am looking into the
matter and I will come back to you as soon as I can.

Kind regards

Alun

Alun Kime

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Information & Business Services | Gwasanaethau Busnes a Gwybodaeth

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Rachael Strand, Flintshire County Council

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Good morning Mr Prabhu,
The appeal process for your Freedom of Information request has now been completed, Flintshire's response has been considered, and discussed, the decision has been made to release the information to you, please find this in the attached document.

I now consider your appeal to be completed, if you have any queries please let me know.

Kind Regards

Rachael Strand

FOI & DP Contact Officer |  Swyddog Cyswllt Rhyddid Gwybodaeth
Social Services / Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol
Flintshire County Council | Cyngor Sir y Fflint
Ty Dewi Sant, St Davids Park, Ewloe, Flintshire, CH5 3XT / Ty Dewi Sant, St David’s Park, Ewloe, Sir y Fflint CH5 3XT
Tel: 01352701309

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Dear Rachael Strand/Alun Kime/FOI,

What is this? You have just provided the same file (with the supplier names added). Responses to 1, 2b,c,d,e,f are still missing. After all this time, this is simply unacceptable! Request you to satisfactorily fulfill this request this week, failing which we will be approaching the Regulator for a resolution.

sincerely,
nikhil prabhu

Rachael Strand, Flintshire County Council

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Dear Mr Prabhu,
My sincere apologies, I have now attached all the information you have requested, the providers have now been shared with you following your appeal.

In relation to separating the transactions into the categories you have highlighted, this has been completed for the following in the second spreadsheet-
b. Adult Residential/ Nursing Care Providers
c. Elderly Residential/ Nursing Care Providers
d. Domiciliary Care Home Providers
e. Supported Living Care Home Providers
f. Care at Home Providers

Please note that we are unable to separate categories b and e as it is not clear from the information held which procurement category the transaction belongs too without further interrogation. It would take about 2 minutes on average for each transaction to determine the procurement category but there are over 2,600 transactions which would therefore take more than 5,200 minutes to provide this information. Therefore these categories cannot be provided under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act.
12.- (1) Section1(1) does not oblige a public authority to comply with a request for information if the authority estimates that the cost of complying with the request would exceed the appropriate limit.

Yours Sincerely

Freedom of Information Officer
Social Services
Flintshire County Council

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FOI & DP Contact Officer |  Swyddog Cyswllt Rhyddid Gwybodaeth
Social Services / Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol
Flintshire County Council | Cyngor Sir y Fflint
Ty Dewi Sant, St Davids Park, Ewloe, Flintshire, CH5 3XT / Ty Dewi Sant, St David’s Park, Ewloe, Sir y Fflint CH5 3XT
Tel: 01352701309

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Dear Rachael Strand,

Thank you, however, a response to "1. Payments to suppliers who provide fostering and adoption services to the Council" is still pending. Could you please check? All else has been provided.

sincerely,
nikhil prabhu

Rachael Strand, Flintshire County Council

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Good morning Mr Prabhu,
Please find attached the spreadsheet with the information you have requested below, the categories have now been made more identifiable.

Kind Regards

Rachael Strand

FOI & DP Contact Officer |  Swyddog Cyswllt Rhyddid Gwybodaeth
Social Services / Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol
Flintshire County Council | Cyngor Sir y Fflint
Ty Dewi Sant, St Davids Park, Ewloe, Flintshire, CH5 3XT / Ty Dewi Sant, St David’s Park, Ewloe, Sir y Fflint CH5 3XT
Tel: 01352701309

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Dear Rachael Strand,

This is perfect! Thank you so much.

Yours sincerely,
nikhil prabhu