Information regarding Darktrace
Dear Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust,
This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act.
Please provide the following details of any and all gifts and/or hospitality provided by the cybersecurity company Darktrace (also known as Darktrace Limited, Darktrace Holdings and Darktrace Plc):
-- The monetary value;
-- The description;
-- The date;
-- The unit, office or department in which the recipients of the gifts/hospitality worked;
-- Whether the gifts/hospitality were accepted, rejected, or otherwise donated;
Please provide this information for any gifts/hospitality received from June 2013 onwards inclusive in the form of an itemised list for each instance of a gift and/or hospitality.
Please also disclose whether you were using Darktrace's services in May 2017.
Please provide the most up-to-date information as of the date this request is fulfilled in electronic (soft copy) form.
If it is not possible to fulfil this request due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request. If you can identify any other ways that my request could be refined I would be grateful for any further advice and assistance.
Thank you for your assistance and I look forward to your response.
Kadhim Shubber
Dear Kadhim
Many thanks for your email below requesting information from Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and will be answered within twenty working days.
If you have any queries about this request, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Kind regards
FOI Department
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Trust Headquarters, St George’s, Long Leys Road, Lincoln, LN1 1FS
Dear Kadhim
Further to your Freedom of Information Request as per your original email below. Please find below, Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust response.
The Trust has reviewed the finance ledger for any sales or purchases from this company and none can be found.
Below is a link to the current hospitality register on the Trust's website in answer the later part of the query.
https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/application/file...
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to request for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original letter and should be addressed to: FOI Department, Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Trust Headquarters, Long Leys Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN1 1FS. If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
Yours sincerely
FOI Administrator
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Trust Headquarters
St George’s Site
Long Leys Road
Lincoln
LN1 1FS
Email: [Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust request email]
Thank you for the prompt response.
Could I just clarify two small things?
1 -- I understand the response to mean that the Trust was not using Darktrace in May 2017, or at any other time. Is that correct?
2 -- The linked hospitality register appears to be for 2020/21. Is there similar information information going back to 2013?
Kadhim
Good afternoon
I will go back to the relevant department and clarify what you have requested.
Yours sincerely
FOI Department
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Trust Headquarters
St George’s Site
Long Leys Road
Lincoln
LN1 1FS
Email: [Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust request email]
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Dear Kadhim
Thank you for your additional request and apologies for the delay in responding to you. In answer:
1. That is correct.
2. The link for the Corporate Governance documents for Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is as follows: https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/about-us/accessi...
NB. The Trust did not record the information in the same manner until 2017, hence the above link accesses reports 2017-2020.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to request for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original letter and should be addressed to: FOI Department, Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Trust Headquarters, Long Leys Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN1 1FS. If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
Kind regards
FOI Department
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Trust Headquarters, St George’s, Long Leys Road, Lincoln, LN1 1FS
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