Expenditure
Dear Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust,
I was wondering if you could provide me with the following information
(A) The amount the trust spent on external debt collection agencies for the calender years of 2010,2011,2012,2013 and to-date in 2014
(B) The name of each agency used in each of these years mentioned above and the service each agency provided
(C) If the contract for the debt collection agency service went out for public tender; if not, why not
(D) The number of application made for the service in each year but were unsuccessful
(E) The amount the trust paid each agency per year
(F) The name and job title of official that decides which agency for the contract was successful
Yours faithfully,
Eamonn Patterson
Dear Eamonn
Request for Information: Freedom of Information Act
I acknowledge receipt of your request for information which I received on 7-10-14.
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (General Rights of Access) that came into force on 1 January 2005, we have a duty to:
• Acknowledge receipt of your request within 2 working days
• Respond to your request within 20 working days
We will respond to your request as soon as possible but no later than 20 working days from our receipt of your request. If we have problems in locating the information or require clarification, I will contact you as soon as is practicable.
Yours sincerely
Kimara Sharpe
Kimara Sharpe
Company Secretary
Dear Eamonn
Freedom of Information
I refer to your email of 6 October requesting information in respect of
expenditure on debt collecting.
I can confirm in accordance with S.1 (1) of the Freedom of Information Act
2000 (FOIA) that we do hold some information that would be useful in terms
of your request.
I have listed your questions below together with our response.
(A) The amount the trust spent on external debt collection agencies for
the calendar years of 2010,2011,2012,2013 and to-date in 2014
Year Spend (£)
2009/10 £666
2010/11 £244
2011/12 £585
2012/13 £152
2013/14 £794
2014/15 £1,219
(B) The name of each agency used in each of these years mentioned above
and the service each agency provided
LRC = Legal Recoveries and Collections Ltd
CCL = CCI Legal Services Ltd
(C) If the contract for the debt collection agency service went out for
public tender; if not, why not
The contract for External Debt collection is included with
the NHS Shared Business Service Finance service procured by the Trust
(D) The number of application made for the service in each year but were
unsuccessful
N/A
(E) The amount the trust paid each agency per year
We are applying an exemption under section 43(2) of the
FOI Act as disclosure would be likely to prejudice the commercial
interests of the Trust. We have disclosed the total amounts (section A)
and the individual amounts to each company are so small that we are not
disclosing them.
(F) The name and job title of official that decides which agency for the
contract was successful
NHS Shared Business Services determine which External Debt
Recovery Agency is available to be used by its clients.
This letter confirms the completion of this request. A log of this request
will be held on a database held by the Trust. The information provided
is subject to copyright protection and the copyright is owned by
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. Any commercial application or
use of this information may be subject to the provisions of the Re-use of
Public Sector Information Regulations 2005. This means that if you wish to
re-use the information provided for commercial purposes for any reason you
must ask us for permission to do so.
Should we agree that you can use the information it will be subject to the
issue of a licence which may or may not involve a fee.
I trust you are satisfied with our response to your request. Please
contact me directly should you require any clarification of our response.
Should you not be satisfied with this response and wish to ask us to
review our decisions please write, in the first instance to:
Chief Executive
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Charles Hastings Way
Worcester
WR5 1DD
If after this process you are still not satisfied with the response you
receive from the Trust you can complain to the Information Commissioner at
the following address:
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Tel: 01625 545 745 Fax: 01625 524 510 Email: [1][email address]
Web Site: http//www.ico.gov.uk
Please note that we publish selected FOI requests and responses on our
website [2]www.worcsacute.nhs.uk and this response might be published at a
later date.
Yours sincerely
Kimara Sharpe
Kimara Sharpe
Company Secretary
We work to defend the right to FOI for everyone
Help us protect your right to hold public authorities to account. Donate and support our work.
Donate Now