Request
Dear East Midlands Strategic Health Authority,
I would like to request the following information under the terms of Freedom of Information Act.
a. Name and contact details of your organisations chief executive
b. Total salary (including benefits) paid to the Chief Executive for financial year 2009-10
c. Total salary (including benefits) paid to the Chief Executive for financial year 2010-11
d. The total budget of the council
Our Response
I refer to your email requesting information in respect of our Chief Executive and budget.
I can confirm in accordance with S.1 (1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) that we do not hold all of the information that you have requested. However, I will address each of your points in turn:
Name and contact details of your organisations chief executive
Our Chief Executive is Kevin Orford who can be contacted as followed:
Email – Kevin.Orford@nhs.net
Telephone – 0115 968 4472
Total salary (including benefits) paid to the Chief Executive for financial year 2009-10
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We are of the opinion that the exemption under Section 21 of the FOIA is available to us in this instance. Section 21 relates to information that is already reasonably accessible to the applicant.
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Our Chief Executive and Executive Director salaries are available via our Annual Accounts at the Financial Information section of our website at the link below:
http://www.eastmidlands.nhs.uk/about-us/financial-information/
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Details of all performance-related bonuses and retention of recruitment payments for our Chief Executive and Executive Directors for 2006/2007, 2007/2008, 2008/2009 is also already publicly available via the FOI disclosure log on our website at the following link:
http://www.eastmidlands.nhs.uk/about-us/access-to-information/freedom-of-information/foi-disclosure-log/2009-disclosure-log/may-2009/executive-team-bonus-and-allowances/
http://www.eastmidlands.nhs.uk/about-us/access-to-information/freedom-of-information/foi-disclosure-log/2010-disclosure-log/april-2010/director-pay-and-bonus-information/?locale=en
Total salary (including benefits) paid to the Chief Executive for financial year 2010-11
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This information is not yet available to us but will be published on our website sometime in the middle of 2011. Information intended for publication at a later date is exempt from publication under Section 22 of the FOIA 2000.
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Section 22is a qualified exemption and is subject to consideration of the public interest test. We recognise that there is a public interest in providing this information to you in order to be helpful, and to promote accountability and transparency of government. However, in this case, there are strong arguments to support the use of the future publication exemption on the basis that the best use of public resources would be directed to pulling this information together, ensuring the information is accurate and published in a consistent and comprehensive format.
The total budget of the council
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NHS East Midlands is not a council, we are a Strategic Health Authority. However, details of our operational expenditure can be found in our 2009/2010 Annual Report and Accounts document via our website at the link below:
http://www.eastmidlands.nhs.uk/about-us/publications/?categoryesctl990746=157
I hope that this information is of use. If you are dissatisfied with the way in which we have dealt with your request you can ask us to review our decision by writing to:-
Mr Moosa Patel
Director of Corporate Affairs
NHS East Midlands
Octavia House
Interchange Business Park
Bostock's Lane
Sandiacre
Nottingham
NG10 5QG
If at the conclusion of any review you remain dissatisfied you may complain to the Information Commissioner who can be contacted at:-
The Office of the Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
