Freedom of Information request - Information about your dealings with Stonewall [Extraneous material removed]
Dear West London NHS Trust,
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). Please provide any information that you hold answering to any of the following descriptions:
1. Any application you made in 2019 or 2020 to be a “Stonewall Diversity Champion” or to be included on Stonewall’s “Workplace Equality Index,” including any attachments or appendices to those applications. Please redact personal details if necessary.
2. Any feedback you received in 2019 or 2020 from Stonewall in relation to either application or programme.
3. Any other communication you have received from Stonewall in 2019 or 2020 unless privileged or otherwise exempt from disclosure (but if you claim privilege or exemption in relation to any material, please say in broad terms what the material is and the basis on which you claim to be entitled to withhold it).
4. Full details of any equality impact assessment you carried out connected with any of these applications (including any equality impact assessment carried out prior to an earlier application of the same kind, if no further assessment was done).
5. Details of the total amount of money you paid to Stonewall (i) in 2019; (ii) in 2020, whether or not as payment for goods or services.
6. Whether you intend to continue your membership of any Stonewall scheme in the future, and if so which.
Yours faithfully and with thanks,
Lexi
Dear Lexi,
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request (OUR REF: 037).
Under Section 16 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 the Trust has a
duty to offer advice and assistance to applicants in these circumstances,
and we would therefore advise you to provide a valid name as the ICO
defines it.
According to ICO:
21. For a request to be valid, the requester must provide enough of their
real name to give anyone reading that request a reasonable indication of
their identity.
25. Any variation of the requester’s title or first name combined with
their surname (e.g. Mr Smith or John Smith) will be sufficient to meet
this requirement. However, a first name or surname provided in isolation,
or a set of initials, will not.
You can find out more in the link below:
[1]https://ico.org.uk/media/for-organisatio...
Please note our response is on hold until we receive this clarification
from you.
Kind regards,
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FOI & SAR Officer
West London NHS Trust
Dear FOI & SAR Officer
To confirm, my name is Mrs Alexandra Ellingsworth.
I hope this will facilitate my FOI request.
I look forward to your reply.
Yours sincerely,
Lexi
Dear Ms Ellingsworth,
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request (our ref: 037). We will
aim to respond within 20 working days.
Kind regards,
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FOI & SAR Officer
West London NHS Trust
Dear Ms Ellingsworth,
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request (our ref 037). Please
find below our response:
1. Any application you made in 2019 or 2020 to be a “Stonewall
Diversity Champion” or to be included on Stonewall’s “Workplace Equality
Index,” including any attachments or appendices to those applications.
Please redact personal details if necessary.
Response: Please refer to Annex A as attached.
2. Any feedback you received in 2019 or 2020 from Stonewall in
relation to either application or programme.
Response: Please refer Annex B and B.2 as attached.
3. Any other communication you have received from Stonewall in 2019
or 2020 unless privileged or otherwise exempt from disclosure (but if you
claim privilege or exemption in relation to any material, please say in
broad terms what the material is and the basis on which you claim to be
entitled to withhold it).
Response: None
4. Full details of any equality impact assessment you carried out
connected with any of these applications (including any equality impact
assessment carried out prior to an earlier application of the same kind,
if no further assessment was done).
Response: N/A
5. Details of the total amount of money you paid to Stonewall (i) in
2019; (ii) in 2020, whether or not as payment for goods or services.
Response: 2019 - Diversity Champion Membership, £3,000.
Conference Fee £358.80
2020 - Diversity Champion Membership, £3,000
6. Whether you intend to continue your membership of any Stonewall
scheme in the future, and if so which.
Response: No decision made as yet.
If you are dissatisfied with this response and wish to appeal then please
let me know by writing to:
Information Governance Department
Trust Headquarters
1 Armstrong Way
Southall
UB2 4SD
Or alternatively, you can email: [1][email address]
Any complaints will be dealt with through our Internal Review procedure.
If you are still not satisfied following the Internal Review, you have a
right to appeal to the Information Commissioner using the following
contact details:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 01625 545 700
Thank you.
Kind regards,
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FOI & SAR Officer
West London NHS Trust
From: foi foi
Sent: 10 March 2021 14:34
To: Lexi
Cc: foi foi
Subject: FOI (our ref 037) Freedom of Information request - Freedom of
Information request - Information about your dealings with Stonewall
#DontSubmitToStonewall
Dear Ms Ellingsworth,
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request (our ref: 037). We will
aim to respond within 20 working days.
Kind regards,
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FOI & SAR Officer
West London NHS Trust
Dear FOI & SAR Officer,
Thank you for your response with the attachments provided.
In regards to point 4:
4. Full details of any equality impact assessment you carried out
connected with any of these applications (including any equality impact
assessment carried out prior to an earlier application of the same kind,
if no further assessment was done).
Response: N/A
Please can you confirm whether an impact assessment was N/A (not applicable) as one was not conducted, not considered applicable or if it doesn't apply as no applications have been made and therefore an impact assessment was not applicable.
On point 6:
6. Whether you intend to continue your membership of any Stonewall
scheme in the future, and if so which.
Response: No decision made as yet.
Is a decision anticipated soon? I imagine that there is a renewal date later this year if the current membership period began in 2020.
I just want to be clear on that responses to these points.
I may have other question in regards to Annex A which I will send separately if required.
Yours sincerely,
Lexi
Dear Ms Ellingsworth,
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request (our ref: 108). We will
aim to respond within 20 working days.
Kind regards,
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FOI & SAR Officer
West London NHS Trust
Dear Ms Ellingsworth,
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request (our ref 108). Please
find below our response:
Thank you for your response with the attachments provided.
In regards to point 4:
4. Full details of any equality impact assessment you carried out
connected with any of these applications (including any equality impact
assessment carried out prior to an earlier application of the same kind,
if no further assessment was done).
Response: N/A
Please can you confirm whether an impact assessment was N/A (not
applicable) as one was not conducted, not considered applicable or if it
doesn't apply as no applications have been made and therefore an impact
assessment was not applicable.
Response: No equality impact assessment connected with any of these
applications was carried out.
On point 6:
6. Whether you intend to continue your membership of any Stonewall
scheme in the future, and if so which.
Response: No decision made as yet.
Is a decision anticipated soon? I imagine that there is a renewal date
later this year if the current membership period began in 2020.
I just want to be clear on that responses to these points.
Response: We intend to continue our membership of Stonewall.
If you are dissatisfied with this response and wish to appeal then please
let me know by writing to:
Information Governance Department
Trust Headquarters
1 Armstrong Way
Southall
UB2 4SD
Or alternatively, you can email: [1][email address]
Any complaints will be dealt with through our Internal Review procedure.
If you are still not satisfied following the Internal Review, you have a
right to appeal to the Information Commissioner using the following
contact details:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 01625 545 700
Thank you.
Kind regards,
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FOI & SAR Officer
West London NHS Trust
From: foi foi
Sent: 23 April 2021 17:45
To: Lexi
Cc: foi foi
Subject: FOI (our ref 108) Freedom of Information request - Freedom of
Information request - Information about your dealings with Stonewall
#DontSubmitToStonewall
Dear Ms Ellingsworth,
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request (our ref: 108). We will
aim to respond within 20 working days.
Kind regards,
[3]signature
FOI & SAR Officer
West London NHS Trust
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