UNISON full time officers expenses

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Dear East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust,

Please could you provide the details of (broken down into anonymised individuals) expenses that they have claimed for carrying out their duties in their full time roles.

This is public money and it should be transparent as to what it is being spent on.

Yours faithfully,

J. Lee

Dear East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust,

Sorry I should of been clearer with the timescales. Please could you run this search relating back to the past financial year 2014-2015.

Yours faithfully,

J LEE

FOI, East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Dear J Lee

Thank you for your email dated 13th August 2015 where you requested information regarding the East of England Ambulance Service.

Your request will be dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and we will respond to you within twenty working days. Your request has been allocated the following reference: F19413 and I would be grateful if you could quote this reference in any future correspondence with the Trust.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely

FoI Officer
East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust

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FOI, East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Dear J Lee

Further to your email dated 14th August 2015, please find the Trust's response below.

Please could you provide the details of (broken down into anonymised individuals) expenses that they have claimed for carrying out their duties in their full time roles. Relating back to the past financial year 2014-2015.

Please note that the Trust considers the information requested to be person identifiable information. Therefore to protect the data protection rights of the staff members concerned the Trust will not be releasing the Unison roles or the genders of the staff members under exemption s.40 of the Freedom of Information Act.

Cost description 2014
Subsistence Pay NP £641.75
Travel costs £4855.24
Grand Total £5,496.99

The Trust is unable to confirm if all expenses claimed relate to Union work as these details are not held by Finance.

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 [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 www.ico.gov.uk.

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

Kind regards

FoI Officer
East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust

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