Information about your dealings with Stonewall [Extraneous material removed]
Dear East London NHS Foundation 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,
J Whitby-Fretwell
Please note that whilst we will try to respond to you as quickly as
possible, there may be a delay due to the rapidly changing situation
regarding COVID 19.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Kind regards,
Freedom of Information, Information Governance Team
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Information Governance Department
The Green
1 Roger Dowley Court
Russia Lane
London
E2 9NJ
Email: [1][East London NHS Foundation Trust request email]
Our Ref: FOI DA3702
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request received by the
Trust on 12^th February 2021.
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FOI Team
East London NHS Foundation Trust
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Dear East London NHS Foundation Trust,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of East London NHS Foundation Trust's handling of my FOI request 'Information about your dealings with Stonewall #DontSubmitToStonewall'.
Your response is long overdue.
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 Whitby-Fretwell
Dear J Whitby-Fretwell,
We are sincerely sorry for the delay in responding to you Freedom of
Information request.
We are collating the information and hope to respond to you as soon as
possible.
Kind regards,
FOI Team
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Dear East London NHS Foundation Trust,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information
reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of East London NHS Foundation
Trust's handling of my FOI request 'Information about your dealings with
Stonewall #DontSubmitToStonewall'.
Your response is long overdue.
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 Whitby-Fretwell
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Dear East London NHS Foundation Trust,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of East London NHS Foundation Trust's handling of my FOI request 'Information about your dealings with Stonewall'
Your response to my FOI request, made in February, is now long overdue.
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 Whitby-Fretwell
Dear J Whitby-Fretwell,
We apologise for the delay in responding to your request.
We note your request for an internal review and we will respond within twenty working days of your request for a review (25 July 2021).
Kind regards,
Freedom of Information (FOI) Team
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Dear J Whitby-Fretwell
We apologise for the delay in responding to your freedom of information request.
We are working on responding to your request as soon as possible.
Best wishes,
FOI Team
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Dear J Whitby-Fretwell
Please find attached the Trust’s response to your Freedom of Information
request.
Kind regards,
FOI Team
East London NHS Foundation Trust
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