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Staff Fuel Allowance and Travel Costs

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Charlotte Lynch

Dear Freedom of Information team,

I'd like to request the following information please.

Q1. In the last 12 months, have you increased the fuel allowance for your staff who are eligible to claim back fuel costs? Please answer yes or no.
Q1i. If yes, please specify the rate now (June 2022) paid back to staff for fuel costs and the criteria for reimbursement, and what the rate and criteria was in June 2021.

Q2. Between 1st June 2021 and 31st May 2022, how much money did the trust spent on the following? (Please provide totals for each individual point below rather than a group total)

- Providing hire cars for staff
- Providing public transport travel passes
- Investing in pool cars

Q3. Between 1st June 2020 and 31st May 2021, how much money did the trust spent on the following? (Please provide totals for each individual point below rather than a group total)

- Providing hire cars for staff
- Providing public transport travel passes
- Investing in pool cars

Please respond to me via my email address.

Many thanks,
Charlotte Lynch

FOI (KENT COMMUNITY HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Ms Lynch

Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.  Under the Act we have 20 working days to respond to
a request, therefore we will aim to provide you with our response by 12
July 2022.  However, please be advised that our resources have been
diverted to support our front-line colleagues who are working tremendously
hard to provide care for our patients, and to those in need of our
services.  As you can hopefully understand, this is resulting in delays
responding to information requests.  We apologise for any inconvenience
this may cause, we do remain committed to responding to your request and
will respond as soon as we are able.  

                                                                                                                     

Should our response to your request breach the statutory timeframe and you
remain unhappy with our response you have the right to complain to the
Information Commissioners Office.  The Information Commissioner’s offices
will be closed for the foreseeable future, and are therefore unable to
receive correspondence via post but can be contacted at
[1]https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/

 

Should you need to contact us in the meantime, please quote reference
number 2022.075.

 

Kind regards

 

Freedom of Information Team

 

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

The Oast, Hermitage Court

Hermitage Lane, Maidstone

Kent, ME16 9NT

01622 211900

 

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FOI (KENT COMMUNITY HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear Ms Lynch

                                                                        

With regard to your request for information via the Freedom of Information
Act 2000, please find attached our response.

 

Kind regards

 

FOI Team

 

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

The Oast, Hermitage Court

Hermitage Lane, Maidstone

Kent, ME16 9NT

01622 211900

 

In accordance with GDPR Art. 6(1)(c) processing of your data by Kent
Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is necessary for compliance with its
legal obligation under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to respond to
you. Please refer to the “access to information” section available on our
website: [1]https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk/about-us/acce...

 

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Charlotte Lynch

Dear FOI team,

Thank you for your response, in which you state in response to Q1i:

June 2022 : 48p per mile
June 2021 : 45p per mile

Please can you confirm the criteria for this? Is this for anything up to 3,500 miles? Or is it for anything over 3,500 miles?

Yours sincerely,

Charlotte Lynch

FOI (KENT COMMUNITY HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Ms Lynch

Please see clarification below:

June 2022 : 48p per mile – all mileage up to 10,000 miles

June 2021 : 45p per mile – all mileage up to 10,000 miles

Kind regards

Freedom of Information Team

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
The Oast, Hermitage Court
Hermitage Lane, Maidstone
Kent, ME16 9NT
01622 211900

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