FOI Lead
Birmingham Children’s Hospital
Steelhouse Lane
Birmingham
B4 6NH
Telephone: 0121 333 8954
Email:
12 July 2010
Ref: BF/FOI_222
Mr Gerry Hallright
Dear Mr Hallright
Thank you for your email dated 12 June 2010 requesting information regarding bonuses, expenses, gifts, hospitality and sponsorship at Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (BCH).
Your request posed a series of questions and for ease of reference I have separated each question and provided the Trust’s response immediately below.
Can you please send me a copy of your reply to an FOI request about 3 years worth of bonuses and expenses for staff/ceo and executive directors, that was sent around the end of November 2009 to NHSTrusts.
This part of your request is very vague and has therefore made it difficult to identify the specific response to which you require a copy. However, please find below details of the response to which we believe you may be referring to.
Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act I would like to request details relating to financial remuneration of staff and expenses.
In particular, I would like to request the following information:
- How much was paid (a) in total to all staff, (b) to the chairman, (c) to non-executive directors, (d) to the chief executive and (e) to executive directors in bonuses/non-consolidated performance pay awards in each of the last three financial year for which figures are available
Please find attached a spreadsheet containing details of bonuses paid to Board Members in 2007. Bonuses were not paid in 2008 and 2009.
The Trust does not hold the information in the format you have requested for other staff members and to collate this information would cost in excess of £450.00. The request is therefore exempt under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act.
It is anticipated that the cost for collating such information will be in the region of £700.00.
- How much was re-claimed (a) in total for all staff, (b) by the chairman, (c) by non-executive directors, (d) by the chief executive and (e) by executive directors for personal travel expenses for (i) mileage, (ii) parking, (iii) taxis, (iv) car allowances, (v) trains, and (vi) flights in each of the last three financial year for which figures are available
Please find attached a spreadsheet containing details of Board Members’ expense claims for each of the last three financial years.
The Trust does not hold the information in the format you have requested for other staff members and to collate this information would cost in excess of £450.00. The request is therefore exempt under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act.
It is anticipated that the cost for collating such information will be in the region of £700.00.
- How many official vehicles are currently allocated to staff; what vehicles are they, are any of the vehicles chauffeur-driven; which staff have access to these vehicles; and at what cost have these vehicles been provided at in each of the last three financial years for which figures are available.
Details are in the attached spreadsheet. None of the vehicles are chauffeur-driven.
- How much was re-claimed (a) in total for all staff, (b) by the chairman, (c) by non-executive directors, (d) by the chief executive and (e) by executive directors for (i) over-night accommodation (ii) hospitality (iii) business phone calls (iv) meals (v) any other personal expenses in each of the last three financial year for which figures are available
Please see the answer to request number 2 above.
Do you have Gifts, Hospitality and Sponsorship Policy or similar and a Code of Conduct and can you please email me a copy. Can you send me a copy of your register for 2008/9 showing details of Gifts, Hospitality and Sponsorship.
Attached is a copy of BCH’s Sponsorship/Secondment Policy and Donations in Kind Information Leaflet.
We also attach a copy of the BCH Hospitality Register from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009 (date of entry). We do not hold the information in the format you have requested for the financial year 2008/09.
Third Party Personal Information has been redacted from the register as this is exempt under Section 40 of the Freedom of Information Act.
I hope that the information provided is adequate, however please let me know if you require more details or further clarification.
If you are unhappy with the Trust’s response you can appeal to the Trust by writing to:
Chief Officer for Governance, Education & Communications
Ladywood House
Birmingham Children’s Hospital
Birmingham
B4 6NH
If you then remain dissatisfied, you have the right under section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to apply to the Information Commissioner to seek resolution to the matter. Further details can be found on their website: www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk/
Yours sincerely
FOI Lead/Publication Scheme Co-ordinator
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Chairman: Joanna DavisChief Executive Officer: Sarah-Jane Marsh