Trust Death Benefit Scheme

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Dear East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust,

In respect of your employee Death Benefit Scheme, can you advise on the following please;

1) As of June 1st 2020 how many members are enrolled into the scheme?
2) List the individual amounts paid out since 2017
3)Who administers this scheme
4) Who has overall responsibility for this scheme

Thank you in advance.

Yours faithfully,

Gavin Webb

FOI, East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust

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Dear Gavin

 

Further to your email dated 13th June 2020, please find the Trust's
response below.  Your request has been allocated the following reference:
27395, please could you quote this reference in any future correspondence
with the Trust.

 

In respect of your employee Death Benefit Scheme, can you advise on the
following please;

 

As of June 1st 2020 how many members are enrolled into the scheme?

475

 

List the individual amounts paid out since 2017

Due to the low number of payouts the Trust feels that this information
could lead to the identification of those involved.  As a result the Trust
has determined that the information you have requested is personal data
and as such we will be applying exemption s.40(2) and s.40(3A)(a) of the
Freedom of Information Act to your request.

 

Section 40 (2)

Any information to which a request for information relates is also exempt
information if-
(a) it constitutes personal data which does not fall within subsection
(1), and
(b) either the first, second or third condition below is satisfied

 

The first condition includes if disclosure of the information to a member
of the public otherwise than under FOIA would contravene any of the data
protection principles (s.40(3A)(a)).

 

In this case the Trust believes that disclosure of the information would
result in a breach of the first principle stated in the Data Protection
Act 2018.

 

First Data Protection Principle:
(1) The first data protection principle is that the processing of personal
data for any of the law enforcement purposes must be lawful and fair.
(2) The processing of personal data for any of the law enforcement
purposes is lawful only if and to the extent that it is based on law and
either-
                (a) the data subject has given consent to the processing
for that purpose, or
                (b) the processing is necessary for the performance of a
task carried out for that purpose by a competent authority

 

The Trust considers that disclosure of this information would not be fair
and therefore the information is exempt from disclosure.

 

Section 40(2) together with s.40(3A)(a) provide an absolute exemption and
therefore is not subject to the public interest test.

 

Who administers this scheme

The Trust’s HR department provide the management and support to the formal
Scheme Administrators

 

Who has overall responsibility for this scheme

The two Scheme Administrators are the Director of Finance and
Commissioning, and Nominated Unison branch representative

I am obliged to advise you that if you are dissatisfied with the Trust’s
response to your request you have a right to complain to the Trust and
should set out your concerns to the Freedom of Information Officer, EEAST,
Hospital Approach, Broomfield, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 7WS or by email to
[1][East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust request email]. If you remain dissatisfied following this, you have
a right under Section 50 of the FOIA to seek a determination from the
Information Commissioner on whether the Act has been properly applied by
the Trust. For more information, please see [2]www.ico.gov.uk/

Under the Accessible Information Standard the Trust is required to ask our
FoI applicants equality and diversity questions. You are under no
obligation; however we would be grateful if you could complete the form
attached and email this back to us.

 

Please do not hesitate to contact me should you require any further
information.

 

Kind regards

 

 

FoI Officer

East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust

 

Please note our new email address: [East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust request email]

 

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