Public Sector Financial Efficiency

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Dear Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust,

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

Cole Sophie,

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Dear Sir,

Thank you for your request for information.

The Trust acknowledges your request and it is being processed as a new request under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, I will let you know. A fees notice will be issued to you if necessary and you will be required to pay before I will proceed to deal with your request.

Please find attached a briefing which explains:

• your rights to request a review by the Trust or to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office if you are not satisfied with the response from the Trust,
• an outline of the Trust’s policy on the Reuse of Public Sector Information

If you have any queries regarding this email, please contact me and quote the reference number above in any future correspondence.

Regards,

Sophie Cole

Freedom of Information Officer

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust | Royal Shrewsbury Hospital | Mytton Oak Road | Shrewsbury | Shropshire | SY3 8XQ

Telephone 01743 261087 |
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Cole Sophie,

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Dear Madam,

 

Thank you for your FOI request sent on 24^th June 2016. You asked:

 

 

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.

 

 

Under Section 1(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I can
confirm that The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust holds
information that falls within the  definition in your request which is set
out below:

 

1)            External provider for VAT advisory services -  CRS VAT
Consulting.

2)            The contract start is 1/12/2014 and end date 30/11/2017.

3)            The total value of VAT recovered by the provider in 2015/16
was £220,893.

a.            The total value of under-claims recovered in 2015/16 was
£148,592.

b.            The total value of over-claims recovered in 2015/16 was
£72,301.

4)            The total amount spent by the organisation for these
services in 2015/16 was £8,283 + VAT.

5)            The organisation did not use an external provider to
re-review VAT recovered in the last financial year (15/16).

6)            N/A

7)            N/A

8)            The total number of Accounts Payable invoices processed by
the organisation in the last financial year (15/16) was 101,794.

9)            The total value of Accounts Payable invoices in the last
financial year (15/16) was £128,535k.

10)          In the last five years, the Trust has not used any external
organisation(s) used to review AP and identify and recover erroneous
payments.

11)          N/A

12)          N/A

 

Please also find attached a briefing which explains your rights to request
a review by the Trust or to complain to the Information Commissioner’s
Office if you are not satisfied with the response from the Trust, and an
outline of the Trust’s policy on the Reuse of Public Sector Information.

 

We are also grateful for your feedback on your experience of submitting a
Freedom of Information request to the Trust and would welcome your
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Kind regards,

 

 

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