Dear J W Smith

Thank you for your email. I am not sure how this has happened and although I can see your original request from 30 July on the WhatDoTheyKnow website (and confirmation by way of their 'green tick' that the message was 'delivered to the Trust's mailserver') we don't have any record of it in any of our mailboxes (inboxes / Sent / Deleted / Junk, etc.). Have you attempted to send us any reminders or chasers about this via the same platform?

Anyway, our Information Governance Team were genuinely unaware of your request until today so we shall of course attempt to respond to it as quickly as possible.

Kind regards

Information Governance and Medico Legal Team
Informatics Department
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust

St Nicholas Hospital
Jubilee Road
Gosforth
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE3 3XT

Email: [email address]
Web: www.cntw.nhs.uk

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From: J W Smith < >
Sent: 28 September 2022 10:29:01 (UTC+00:00) Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London
To: FOI
Subject: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - Information about Stonewall Workplace Equality Index (WEI)

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Dear Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust,

I note that you have not confirmed or denied whether the authority holds this information, and have not applied an exemption that would remove this obligation.
As you may be aware, Section 1(1) of the FOI Act (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/200...) states that "Any person making a request for information to a public authority is entitled to be informed in writing by the public authority whether it holds information of the description specified in the request".
I would be grateful if you could clarify whether or not this information is held, or specify which exemption of the duty to confirm or deny you are applying.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/i...

Yours faithfully,

J W Smith

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Dear JW Smith

The Trust's response to your Freedom of Information request is as follows:

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1. Confirm whether your organisation applied to be part of the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index in 2021 (for 2022) (NB the index was suspended in 2020/21 because of Covid)
TRUST RESPONSE: Yes

2. Give details of the total amount of money you paid to Stonewall in 2021 whether or not as payment for goods or services.
TRUST RESPONSE: The Trust entered into a three year agreement with Stonewall to be Diversity Champions in 2019, the cost was £6000, so £2000 for each year of membership.

3. State whether you intend to continue your membership of any Stonewall scheme in the future, and if so which.
TRUST RESPONSE: The Trust has agreed to continue as Diversity Champions.

If the answer to [3] is yes, please supply:
4. Any application you made in 2021 to be included on Stonewall's Workplace Equality Index, including any attachments or appendices to those applications. Please redact personal details if necessary.
TRUST RESPONSE: See attached

5. Any feedback you received in 2021/22 from Stonewall in relation to either application or programme. This must include the priorities or objectives written by your organisation's representative at the end of the feedback form.
TRUST RESPONSE: See attached
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Please note that any information provided is the property of Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust and subject to Intellectual Property and Database Rights. 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 seek the expressed consent of Cumbria, Northumberland Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust. Any documents re-used for any purpose without expressed consent and the payment of an appropriate fee will be a breach of Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. To obtain access to information; and/or obtain consent for the re-use of copyright documents; and/or details of fees; please write to:

Head of Information Governance and Medico Legal,
Informatics Department
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust,
St Nicholas Hospital, Jubilee Road, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 3XT
Email: [email address]

If you are not satisfied with the Trust's response to your request you may ask us to review it. If you wish to do this, please write to the Information Governance Manager enclosing a copy of your original request and explaining your complaint.

Kind regards

Information Governance and Medico Legal Team
Informatics Department
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust

St Nicholas Hospital
Jubilee Road
Gosforth
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE3 3XT

Email: [email address]
Web: www.cntw.nhs.uk

Chair: Ken Jarrold Chief Executive: John Lawlor

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