Financial & Workforce Efficiencies

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, Bristol City Council should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Dear Bristol City Council,

I am researching financial and workforce efficiency in local government. Under the FOI act please provide the following information:
1) For each of the last 5 financial years, please provide:
a) The total number of invoices that the authority has processed through accounts payable (AP).
b) The total expenditure through AP.

2) Do you currently use/has any 3rd parties completed a duplicate payment review/statement review in the last 5 years? If so please specific the name of the company and the contract end date.

3) What is the total value of duplicated invoices/erroneous payments that have been identified by any 3rd parties in the last 5 years or in any period reviewed (please specify).

4) How much did the 3rd party invoice the authority for any review work undertaken?

5) What accounting system does the authority use (Oracle, E-Financials, Agresso, Sage etc.)?

6) Please state the authority’s total spend on agency staff in the last financial year (14/15), split by the following staff categories, including all spend on agency staff outside of the categories specified as “other”:
• Social workers
• Residential homecare staff
• Domiciliary care staff
• Others (please describe the staff)

7) Please provide a list of the 10 most utilized agencies in the last financial year.

8) Does the council use any 3rd party services or software to manage/book agency workers? If so please state the name of the company used, the services provided and the amount that the authority spent on these services/software in the last financial year.

Thank you for your time with this request.

Yours faithfully,

J Taylor

Freedom of Information, Bristol City Council

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No Reply @ Bristol, Bristol City Council

Dear J Taylor 
This is a courtesy email to let you know your Public Information
Request has been received on : 11/03/2016. 
Your unique reference number is "CRN00044365 ". Please keep this
number safe, as you may be required to provide it in the future. 
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"No Reply @ Bristol" <noreply@bristol.gov.uk>, Bristol City Council

You sent us a Freedom of Information request on 11/03/2016

Your request number is CRN00044365

We’ve looked at your request and you should receive a reply on or
before 12/04/2016 15:16

This will be 20 working days since your original request.

If you don’t hear from us by this time please contact
[Bristol City Council request email]
Contact details we have for you
J Taylor
 [FOI #321631 email]

 

Thanks

Bristol City Council

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Dear "No Reply @ Bristol" <[email address]>,

The FOI request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, I should have had a response by now.

Thank you

Yours sincerely,

J Taylor