Northamptonshire Healthcare - Vehicle Provision

Dear Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, from your recorded information, please provide the following:

The number of vehicles provided to all grades of Administrative/Management staff by your Trust.
The annual cost of this provision for the most recently available financial year.
Confirmation that this provision registered with HMRC as a 'Benefit in Kind'.

I take this opportunity to again remind you of your obligation to the Nolan Principles.

Yours faithfully,

Pat James

Freedom of Information NHFT, Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Pat,

Thank you for your request for information made under the Freedom of Information Act (2000). We anticipate that we will be able to provide you with a response within 20 working days. This request has been logged under reference FOI1216022.

Yours sincerely,

The Freedom of Information Team
Information Governance Team
Information Governance Department
Bevan House
Kettering Parkway South
Kettering
Northants
NN15 6XR

Email: [Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust request email] | Web: http://www.nht.nhs.uk

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Freedom of Information NHFT, Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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Good Morning,

 

Further to your recent request made under the Freedom of Information Act,
please find attached a clarification request from Northamptonshire
Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

 

Many thanks,

 

Kind regards,

 

The Freedom of Information Team

LGSS on behalf of Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Bevan House

Kettering Parkway South

Kettering

Northants

NN15 6XR

 

E-mail: [1][Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust request email]

 

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Dear Freedom of Information NHFT, to clarify:

Provided = make available by any means where expenditure of effort and/or finance may be involved in any way.

Yours sincerely,

Pat James

Freedom of Information NHFT, Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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Good Afternoon,

 

Our Ref: FOI1216022

 

Please find the attached response to your recent request for information.

Your feedback is important to us, we would be grateful if you could please
complete, to enable us to continue to improve our services.

 

[1]https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NC87QPD   

 

Yours sincerely,

 

The Freedom of Information Team

 

Information Governance Team Office

Bevan House

Kettering Parkway South

Kettering

Northants

NN15 6XR

 

Email: [2][Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust request email] | Web: [3]http://www.nht.nhs.uk

 

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Dear Freedom of Information NHFT, please note; salart sacrifice schemes are not excluded from my request as they incurr a modicum of administrative cost, therefore I would request a complete answer.

Yours sincerely,

Pat James

Freedom of Information NHFT, Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Good Afternoon,

Your request asked about vehicles which incurred costs to the Trust.

Can you please specifically breakdown your questions to what you would like to know and we will be able to re-process your request.

Regards,

The Freedom of Information Team
LGSS on behalf of Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Bevan House
Kettering Parkway South
Kettering
Northants
NN15 6XR

E-mail: [Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust request email]

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Dear Freedom of Information NHFT, breakdown as requested:

The number of vehicles provided to all grades of Administrative/Management staff by your Trust.
The annual cost of this provision for the most recently available financial year.
Confirmation that this provision registered with HMRC as a 'Benefit in Kind'.

What are you failing to comprehend?

Yours sincerely,

Pat James

Freedom of Information NHFT, Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Good Afternoon,

As per our supporting statement on our final response.

No costs are incurred by Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust as part of the salary sacrifice car scheme as the administrative costs generated are passed onto employees partaking in the scheme as part of the lease cost.

Many thanks,

Carly Sanders
Information Governance Specialist
LGSS on behalf of Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Bevan House
Kettering Parkway South
Kettering
Northants
NN15 6XR

Direct Dial: 01536 480439
[mobile number]
E-mail: [email address]

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Dear Freedom of Information NHFT, any scheme which permits a modicum of private use falls within my request. Additionally, cost is incurred in setting up and maintaining the scheme.

I await a more comprehensive response.

Yours sincerely,

Pat James

Sanders Carly, Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Sanders Carly would like to recall the message, "FOI1216022 - Final Response".
This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended
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Any views or opinions expressed are those of the author and do not
represent the views of the Trust unless explicitly stated.

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Freedom of Information NHFT, Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Good Afternoon,
 
Thank you for your recent correspondence in regards to FOI1216022.
 
To clarify our final response:
 
You asked the following:
 
•       The number of vehicles provided to all grades of
Administrative/Management staff by your Trust.
•       The annual cost of this provision for the most recently available
financial year.
•       Confirmation that this provision registered with HMRC as a
'Benefit in Kind'.
 
I take this opportunity to again remind you of your obligation to the
Nolan Principles.
 
Our Response:
 
1. Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has 7 staff leased
vehicles at no cost to the Trust. All cost’s associated with these
vehicles are passed onto staff via payroll. These vehicles are leased to
various grades of staff. All other vehicles in use by the Trust are pool
vehicles.
 
2. The Trust also operates a salary sacrifice car scheme for which the
cost of administering the scheme is passed onto the employee as part of
the lease cost.  Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust can    
confirm that we do not incur any charges in setting up and maintaining the
employee salary sacrifice scheme. Hence, the annual cost of this provision
for the most recently available financial year is £0.
 
3. All vehicle arrangements are reported to HMRC as benefits in kind where
they meet the recognition criteria.
 
 
Many thanks,
 
Kind regards,
 
The Freedom of Information Team
LGSS on behalf of Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Bevan House
Kettering Parkway South
Kettering
Northants
NN15 6XR
 
E-mail: [1][Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust request email] 
 
 

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Sanders Carly, Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Good Afternoon,
 
Thank you for your recent correspondence in regards to FOI1216022.
 
To clarify our final response:
 
You asked the following:
 
•       The number of vehicles provided to all grades of
Administrative/Management staff by your Trust.
•       The annual cost of this provision for the most recently available
financial year.
•       Confirmation that this provision registered with HMRC as a
'Benefit in Kind'.
 
I take this opportunity to again remind you of your obligation to the
Nolan Principles.
 
Our Response:
 
1. Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has 7 staff leased
vehicles at no cost to the Trust. All cost’s associated with these
vehicles are passed onto staff via payroll. These vehicles are leased to
various grades of staff. All other vehicles in use by the Trust are pool
vehicles.
 
2. The Trust also operates a salary sacrifice car scheme for which the
cost of administering the scheme is passed onto the employee as part of
the lease cost.  Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust can    
confirm that we do not incur any charges in setting up and maintaining the
employee salary sacrifice scheme. Hence, the annual cost of this
provision for the most recently available financial year is £0.
 
3. All vehicle arrangements are reported to HMRC as benefits in kind where
they meet the recognition criteria.
 
 
Many thanks,
 
Kind regards,
 
The Freedom of Information Team
LGSS on behalf of Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Bevan House
Kettering Parkway South
Kettering
Northants
NN15 6XR
 
E-mail: [1][Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust request email] 
 
 

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Dear Sanders Carly, I note what you say in your response, however there must be a modicum of cost attributable to such schemes through registration, HMRC notification and salary adjustment.

Yours sincerely,

Pat James

Freedom of Information NHFT, Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Good Morning,

Further to your recent query, Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust can confirm that we do not capture this information, this work forms part of job roles within the Finance Directorate.

This now completes our response to you, If you are unhappy with our response please see below contact details to request an internal review:

Deputy Head of Clinical Systems and Governance
Bevan House
Kettering Parkway South
Kettering
Northants
NN15 6XR

Many thanks,

The Freedom of Information Team
LGSS on behalf of Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Bevan House
Kettering Parkway South
Kettering
Northants
NN15 6XR

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