Transactions over £25,000 from December 2019

The request was partially successful.

Dear Stockport NHS Foundation Trust,

Thank you for publishing your spend data here: https://www.stockport.nhs.uk/page_100. However, I notice that you haven't published any spending data since November 2019.

I'd like to make a request under the Freedom of Information act for all transactions over £25,000 from December 2019 to at most a month in arrears from the date at which you publish in response to this request.

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.

We understand that due to the COVID-19 pandemic it may not have been a priority to publish your spending data. However, it is still important to us to send out these letters and we would be extremely grateful if you could update this information after this difficult period passed. We believe that data is still major, even during these crucial times and we wish nothing but the best for everyone to recover from this situation.

Your team may also be interested in the guidance on producing spending data:
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....

For the avoidance of doubt, I am making this request under the Freedom of Information Act. I await your response within 20 working days.

Yours faithfully,

Anna Pongracz

Spend Network

FOI, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear Miss Pongracz,

 

Thank you for your request for information, which we received via email on
the 12/05/2020.

 

Your request will be dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.

 

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Laura Sillitoe

Freedom of Information and Information Governance Support Officer

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

Stepping Hill Hospital

Poplar Grove

Stockport

Cheshire. SK2 7JE

Tel: 0161 419 4160 / 5295

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Dear Miss Pongracz,

 

Thank you for your request for information, which we received on the
12/05/2020, regarding. Please accept our apologies for the delay in our
response.

 

Our spend for 2019/20 has recently been updated, this contains information
for the full financial year. The information for 2020/2021 is not yet
available due to the current pandemic, as soon as I am able to obtain this
information I will start to upload this year’s data.

 

The information can be found through the following link:

 

[1]https://www.stockport.nhs.uk/page_100

 

The Trust is therefore not obliged to provide this information under the
terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 by virtue of exemption 21 –
Information available by other means, as this information is available
online we will not be processing your request further.

 

The FOI Act gives the applicant the right to access information but does
not give an automatic right to re-use the information. The re-use of
public sector information regulations 2005 regulates how individuals or
companies re-use public sector information and provides a licensing scheme
for re-use.

 

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Appropriate remedies will be sought in respect of any unsolicited
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reference number above in any future communications.

 

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of our decision,
you should write to me in the first instance at the address below.

 

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the
Information Commissioner cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted
the complaints procedure provided by the Trust.

The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9
5AF.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Laura Sillitoe

Freedom of Information and Information Governance Support Officer

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

Stepping Hill Hospital

Poplar Grove

Stockport

Cheshire. SK2 7JE

Tel: 0161 419 4160 / 5295

Email: [2][Stockport NHS Foundation Trust request email]

 

*Please note I am currently working off site, if you need to speak to me
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