Lease Cars

Oldham Primary Care Trust (PCT) did not have the information requested.

Dear Oldham Primary Care Trust (PCT),

I am emailing to make an FOI request. Please provide the following information:

1) the name, grade and job title of any staff member who had a lease car funded wholly or in part by your organisation in 2009/10, 2010/11, or who currently has a lease car; please specify for each person in which of the three specified periods

2) for each person, I would like to know the make and model of the car

If you believe that this is personal data, and disclosure would breach the Data Protection Act, I would like to point out that I have requested information during the period where there has been a substantial public interest in the expenses paid to senior staff, and when cuts to NHS organisations had been announced. On this basis, I believe that disclosure of the fact that a person was in receipt of a lease car paid for from public funds would have had the reasonable expectation that a benefit such as a lease car would be made public. I believe that the disclosure of this information is necessary for a legitimate interest, and no unwarranted harm will be caused to the individuals concerned.

Even if you refuse to disclose the names, I would still like the list of cars and grades of the staff who received them.

If you need clarification of any part of this request, please contact me.

Yours faithfully,

Ding Jinhui

Adams Claire (OLDHAM PCT), Oldham Primary Care Trust (PCT)

Dear Ding

Freedom of Information Request

I am writing to acknowledge receipt letter of your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, for access to information which may be held by this Primary Care Trust, received on 28 April 2011.

Many thanks

Kind regards

Claire Adams
Corporate Support Assistant
Tel: 0161 622 6465
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From: Ding Jinhui [[FOI #69803 email]]
Sent: 27 April 2011 16:37
To: FOI-Oldham (OLDHAM PCT)
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Lease Cars

Dear Oldham Primary Care Trust (PCT),

I am emailing to make an FOI request. Please provide the following
information:

1) the name, grade and job title of any staff member who had a
lease car funded wholly or in part by your organisation in 2009/10,
2010/11, or who currently has a lease car; please specify for each
person in which of the three specified periods

2) for each person, I would like to know the make and model of the
car

If you believe that this is personal data, and disclosure would
breach the Data Protection Act, I would like to point out that I
have requested information during the period where there has been a
substantial public interest in the expenses paid to senior staff,
and when cuts to NHS organisations had been announced. On this
basis, I believe that disclosure of the fact that a person was in
receipt of a lease car paid for from public funds would have had
the reasonable expectation that a benefit such as a lease car would
be made public. I believe that the disclosure of this information
is necessary for a legitimate interest, and no unwarranted harm
will be caused to the individuals concerned.

Even if you refuse to disclose the names, I would still like the
list of cars and grades of the staff who received them.

If you need clarification of any part of this request, please
contact me.

Yours faithfully,

Ding Jinhui

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Waterhouse Deborah (OLDHAM PCT), Oldham Primary Care Trust (PCT)

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Dear Ding

Further to your Freedom of Information request, please find attached NHS
Oldham's response.

I would be most grateful if you could take a few moments to complete a
satisfaction survey, by following the link below.

[1]http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VSZ3YMV

Kind Regards

Deb Waterhouse

Deb Waterhouse
Corporate Support Assistant
NHS Oldham
TEL: 0161 622 6577

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