Transactions over £25,000 - data of October 2023 in machine readable format
Dear Sir or Madam,
Thank you for publishing your data on expenditure over £25,000 here: https://www.combined.nhs.uk/about-us/fin...
However, I notice that your spend data is in pdf format, which is not machine readable and so cannot be used for data analysis. Under 2.26 of Guidance for publishing spend (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk...) publishers are to publish in a CSV file format rather than a PDF format.
Therefore, I would like to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act for all transactions over £25,000 of October 2023. Please provide the spend data in the CSV format which is machine readable. 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 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,
Zsofia Molnar
Spend Network
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Dear FOI Team,
Thank you very much for your reply. I have found the .CSV files previously as well, this is not the case. The issue is that the October file 2023 is a PDF and not an .CSV file. Unfortunately I can not send a screenshot but if you scroll down, you will see. Thank you very much for checking it.
Yours sincerely,
Zsofia Molnar
Spend Network
Dear Sir / Madam
Please accept this as acknowledgement of receipt of your request for
information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
We are processing your request which is due to you within 20 working days
in accordance with the deadline stipulated by the Act.
Kind Regards
Lisa Wilkinson
Corporate Governance Manager / Assistant Trust Board Secretary
Dear Zsofia
Thank you for your email.
Please find attached CSV file for October.
The Trust communications team will fix the issue on the Trust website.
Kind regards,
FOI Team
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
Lawton House
Bellringer Road
Trentham Lakes South
Trentham
Stoke On Trent
ST4 8HH
Website: [1]www.combined.nhs.uk
Follow us on Twitter [2]@NSCHT1
Follow us on Facebook [3]here
Telephone: 0300 123 1535
References
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1. http://www.combined.nhs.uk/
http://www.combined.nhs.uk/
2. https://twitter.com/NSCHT1
3. https://www.facebook.com/pages/North-Sta...
Dear FOI Team,
Thank you very much for your kind reply and for your cooperation! The request can be closed.
Yours sincerely,
Zsofia Molnar
Spend Network
Dear Sir / Madam
Please accept this as acknowledgement of receipt of your request for
information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
We are processing your request which is due to you within 20 working days
in accordance with the deadline stipulated by the Act.
Kind Regards
Lisa Wilkinson
Corporate Governance Manager / Assistant Trust Board Secretary
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