Our Ref: PW/AKB/FOI-01-218
Stafford Education & Enterprise Park
Weston Road
26th January 2023
Stafford
ST18 0BF
Alison Johnston
Telephone: 0300 123 1461
Sent by email
Dear Ms Johnston
FOI-01-218
Your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
Thank you for your request dated the 9th January 2023. We can confirm that the
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board does hold some of the
information that you have requested. Please see our responses in blue below:
Please can you provide the following information in relation to processing
Individual Funding Requests for treatment:
1. Is your Individual Funding Request (IFR) service delivered in-house or is it
contracted?
In-house.
1a. If contracted who provides the service?
Not applicable.
1b. What is the annual value of the contract?
Not applicable.
1c. What is the duration of the contract?
Not applicable.
1d. When does the existing contract expire?
Not applicable.
2. What is the staff WTE that provide administration and management of this
service?
Unable to disaggregate as IFR Staff sit as part of the wider function with the ICB.
Interim Chair: David Pearson
Interim Chief Executive Officer: Peter Axon
3. What is the cost of the staff WTE?
Unable to disaggregate as IFR staff sit as part of the wider functions with the ICB.
4. When was the service last reviewed?
1st July 2022.
5. How many IFR requests did your ICB receive in 2019/2020, 2020/2021,
2021/2022?
ICBs were not a statutory organisation until the 1st July 2022. Therefore, the response
below are the numbers for our Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs).
2019/2020 - (Cannock Chase CCG, East
95
Staffordshire CCG, North Staffordshire
CCG, South East Staffordshire Seisdon &
Peninsular CCG, Stafford & Surrounds
CCG and Stoke-on-Trent CCG)
2020/2021 - (Cannock Chase CCG, East
31
Staffordshire CCG, North Staffordshire
CCG, South East Staffordshire Seisdon &
Peninsular CCG, Stafford & Surrounds
CCG and Stoke-on-Trent CCG)
2021/2022 - (Cannock Chase CCG, East
31
Staffordshire CCG, North Staffordshire
CCG, South East Staffordshire Seisdon &
Peninsular CCG, Stafford & Surrounds
CCG and Stoke-on-Trent CCG)
6. Do you use a commissioning prior approval process?
Yes.
6a. If yes, is service delivered in-house or is it contracted?
In-house.
6b. If contracted who provides the service?
Not applicable.
6c. What is the annual value of the contract?
Not applicable.
Interim Chair: David Pearson
Interim Chief Executive Officer: Peter Axon
6d. What is the duration of the contract?
Not applicable.
6e. When does the existing contract expire?
Not applicable.
7. Please provide a named lead for IFRs
Please note that under Section 40 (2) of the FOI Act we are unable to provide you with
the named lead for IFRs as this relates to personal information.
Right of Appeal
Should you require any further information or clarification regarding this response
please do not hesitate to contact us. If you are dissatisfied with the response, you are
entitled to request an internal review which should be formally requested in writing and
must be within two calendar months from the date this response was issued.
To request an internal review
You can request an internal review by contacting the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent
Integrated
Care
Board
FOI
team
by
emailing
the
team
at
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xxx.xx or by post to the address at the top of this
letter.
If you are not content with the outcome of your internal review, you may apply directly
to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for a decision. Generally, the ICO
cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-
Trent Integrated Care Board’s FOI complaints procedure.
The ICO can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
www.ico.gov.uk
Interim Chair: David Pearson
Interim Chief Executive Officer: Peter Axon
Yours sincerely
Paul Winter
Associate Director of Corporate Governance
Interim Chair: David Pearson
Interim Chief Executive Officer: Peter Axon
