Public Sector Financial Efficiency

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Dear NHS Slough Clinical Commissioning Group,

I am researching the financial efficiency of the public sector. Please provide the following information under the FOI act.

1) Does the organisation use an external provider for VAT advisory services? If so please state the name of the organisation used? (E.g. Ernst Young, Berthold Bauer, Liaison, CRS, KPMG etc.)?
2) Please state the contract start and end date.
3) Please confirm the total value of VAT recovered by the provider in 2015/16
a. Please state the total value of under-claims recovered
b. Please state the total value of over-claims recovered
4) Please state the total amount spent by the organisation for these services in 2015/16
5) Did the organisation use an external provider to re-review VAT recovered in the last financial year (15/16)?
a. If so please state the name of the company used.
6) Please state the total amount of additional VAT recovered by the provider in 2015/16
7) Please state the total amount spent by the organisation for these services
8) Please state the total number of Accounts Payable invoices processed by the organisation in the last financial year (15/16)
9) Please state the total value of Accounts Payable invoices in the last financial year (15/16)
10) In the last five years, please state the name(s) of all external organisation(s) used to review AP and identify and recover erroneous payments, and the period(s) reviewed by each.
11) Please state the total value of moneys recovered by each provider in the period(s) reviewed.
12) Please state the total amount paid to any external parties for this review work.

Thank you for your time.

Yours faithfully,

Mr J Taylor

FOIresponse (NHS WINDSOR, ASCOT AND MAIDENHEAD CCG), NHS Slough Clinical Commissioning Group

Dear Mx Taylor

 

Further to your FOI request regarding Public Sector Financial Efficiency
which we received on 24 June 2016. 

 

I can confirm that NHS Slough CCG holds some of the requested information,
however some information is not held – see further information in the
answers below:

 

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|QUESTION |Response |
|----------------------------+-------------------------------------------|
|1.     Does the organisation| |
|use an external provider for| |
|VAT advisory services? If so| |
|please state the name of the|CRS |
|organisation used? (E.g. | |
|Ernst Young, Berthold Bauer,| |
|Liaison, CRS, KPMG etc.)? | |
|----------------------------+-------------------------------------------|
| |NHS Bracknell and Ascot CCG does not hold |
| |this information as this service is |
| |procured as part of the services provided |
| |by South, Central and West Commissioning |
|2.     Please state the |Support Unit (CSU) and the contract for |
|contract start and end date.|services is between CSU and CRS.  |
| | |
| |South, Central and West Commissioning |
| |Support Unit may be able to provide this |
| |information, they can be contacted for FOIs|
| |by emailing [1][email address].  |
|----------------------------+-------------------------------------------|
|3.     Please confirm the | |
|total value of VAT recovered|Apr15-Mar16     £10,823.29 |
|by the provider in 2015/16 | |
|----------------------------+-------------------------------------------|
|a)     Please state the | |
|total value of under-claims |Apr15-Mar16     £9,733.29 |
|recovered | |
|----------------------------+-------------------------------------------|
|b)    Please state the total| |
|value of over-claims |Apr15-Mar16     £1,090.00 |
|recovered | |
|----------------------------+-------------------------------------------|
|4.     Please state the | |
|total amount spent by the |Apr15-Mar16     £519.52 |
|organisation for these | |
|services in 2015/16 | |
|----------------------------+-------------------------------------------|
|5.     Did the organisation | |
|use an external provider to | |
|re-review VAT recovered in |Yes |
|the last financial year | |
|(15/16)? | |
|----------------------------+-------------------------------------------|
|a)     If so please state | |
|the name of the company |CRS |
|used. | |
|----------------------------+-------------------------------------------|
|6.     Please state the | |
|total amount of additional |No separate split. Covered in values above |
|VAT recovered by the |see Q3 |
|provider in 2015/16 | |
|----------------------------+-------------------------------------------|
|7.     Please state the | |
|total amount spent by the |No separate split. Covered in values above |
|organisation for these |see Q3 |
|services | |
|----------------------------+-------------------------------------------|
|8.     Please state the | |
|total number of Accounts | |
|Payable invoices processed |Apr15-Mar16     9,830 |
|by the organisation in the | |
|last financial year (15/16) | |
|----------------------------+-------------------------------------------|
|9.     Please state the | |
|total value of Accounts |Apr15-Mar16     £202.435m |
|Payable invoices in the last| |
|financial year (15/16) | |
|----------------------------+-------------------------------------------|
|10.  In the last five years,| |
|please state the name(s) of | |
|all external organisation(s)| |
|used to review AP and |N/A |
|identify and recover | |
|erroneous payments, and the | |
|period(s) reviewed by each. | |
|----------------------------+-------------------------------------------|
|11.  Please state the total | |
|value of moneys recovered by|N/A |
|each provider in the | |
|period(s) reviewed. | |
|----------------------------+-------------------------------------------|
|12.  Please state the total | |
|amount paid to any external |N/A |
|parties for this review | |
|work. | |
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You are advised that this information is provided in accordance with the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 and is for your personal use.  Any re-use
of this information will be subject to the Re-Use of Public Sector
Information Regulations (1 July 2005) and authorisation from the CCG will
be required.  In the event of any re-use, the information must be
reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading manner.

 

If you are not satisfied with the way in which we have dealt with your
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If you remain unhappy with the decision after review you should contact:-

 

The Information Commissioner’s Office
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Yours sincerely

 

Clare Williams

FOI Coordinator

 

NHS Bracknell and Ascot Clinical Commissioning Group

NHS Slough Clinical Commissioning Group

NHS Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead Clinical Commissioning Group

 

‘Thinking locally, working together’

 

Tel:             01753 636 901

Email:        [2][email address]

Address:   King Edward VII Hospital, St Leonard’s Rd, Windsor, SL4 3DP

 

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From: J Taylor[[3]SMTP:[email address]]

Sent: 24 June 2016 16:19:40

To: SLOUGHFOI (NHS SLOUGH CCG)

Subject: Freedom of Information request - Public Sector Financial
Efficiency Auto forwarded by a Rule

 

Dear NHS Slough Clinical Commissioning Group,

 

I am researching the financial efficiency of the public sector. Please
provide the following information under the FOI act.

 

1)            Does the organisation use an external provider for VAT
advisory services? If so please state the name of the organisation used?
(E.g. Ernst Young, Berthold Bauer, Liaison, CRS, KPMG etc.)?

2)            Please state the contract start and end date.

3)            Please confirm the total value of VAT recovered by the
provider in 2015/16

a.            Please state the total value of under-claims recovered

b.            Please state the total value of over-claims recovered

4)            Please state the total amount spent by the organisation for
these services in 2015/16

5)            Did the organisation use an external provider to re-review
VAT recovered in the last financial year (15/16)?

a.            If so please state the name of the company used.

6)            Please state the total amount of additional VAT recovered by
the provider in 2015/16

7)            Please state the total amount spent by the organisation for
these services

8)            Please state the total number of Accounts Payable invoices
processed by the organisation in the last financial year (15/16)

9)            Please state the total value of Accounts Payable invoices in
the last financial year (15/16)

10)          In the last five years, please state the name(s) of all
external organisation(s) used to review AP and identify and recover
erroneous payments, and the period(s) reviewed by each.

11)          Please state the total value of moneys recovered by each
provider in the period(s) reviewed.

12)          Please state the total amount paid to any external parties
for this review work.

 

Thank you for your time.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Mr J Taylor

 

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