Spend data in machine readable format

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Dear Sir or Madam,

Thank you for publishing your data on expenditure over £25,000. However, I notice that your spend data is in pdf format, which is not machine readable and so cannot be used for data analysis.

I'd like to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act for all transactions over £25,000 from August 2017 to December 2018. Please provide the data in a machine readable format (preferably csv). As a minimum, please make sure to include the date, value and recipient of each transaction. Please also provide details on the procurement category of each transaction if you have it.

Your team may also be interested in the guidance on producing spending data, which specifies that the data must be published in a machine readable format:https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio.... This letter makes it clear that this guidance applies to the NHS: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/sy....

Please note that it is permissible to request data in a specified format under the terms of the FOI Act: https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/court-....

For the avoidance of doubt, I am making this request under the Freedom of Information Act. I await your response within 20 working days. Please be aware that I will continue to submit FOI requests to you on a monthly basis until all your spending data is published in a machine-readable format.

Yours Faithfully,

George Brown

Spend Network

cddftFOI (COUNTY DURHAM AND DARLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

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Our reference: 01.19.65

Dear Mr Brown,

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Acknowledgement.

I acknowledge your request for information received on 30 January 2019.

Your request is being considered and a response will be sent to you
promptly and not later than 20 working days as defined by the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.

If appropriate, the information may be provided in electronic medium in
normal font size.  If you require alternative formats such as large print
or paper format, please let me know.

If you have any queries or concerns, please contact me at the email
address above.

Further information is available from the Office of the Information
Commissioner at:

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Kind Regards

Linda Wilson

For and on behalf of Joanna Tyrrell, FOI Officer

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│Corporate Records Assistant │ │Darlington Memorial Hospital │
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│ │ │DL3 6HX │
│ │ │Switchboard Tel: 01325 380 100│
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cddftFOI (COUNTY DURHAM AND DARLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear Mr Brown

I would firstly like to apologise for the delay in getting this information to you and any inconvenience caused, it took longer than we had first anticipated to process your request.

I have also attached a copy of our client satisfaction survey and would be most grateful if you could please take two minutes of your time to complete it and email it back to me.

Kind regards

Joanna Tyrrell
Freedom of Information Officer

Executive Corridor
Darlington Memorial Hospital
Hollyhurst Road
Darlington
DL3 6HX
Tel: 01325 743700
[email address]
www.cddft.nhs.uk

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Dear cddftFOI (COUNTY DURHAM AND DARLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST),

Thank you for providing me with your data, I appreciate your cooperation.

Yours sincerely,

Spend Network