Request
Please find below three Freedom of Information requests relating to the Private Finance Initiative. For each question, please could you confirm whether or not the information exists before answering. Please treat each request separately unless the questions can be dealt with as one request within 18 hours.
1. How many hospitals or other NHS buildings in your trust were built using investment from the Private Finance Initiative between 1 May 1997 and 5 May 2010?
2. For each hospital or other NHS building built using PFI,
please provide the following details:
a. the name of the building
b. when building commenced and was completed
c. the terms of the deal i.e. the total cost of the project and for how long the contract is expected to
run
d. the estimated capital value of the project
e. the tariff costs for all building maintenance and repair (for example, the cost of fitting a new plug
socket, refurbishment costs, cleaning services etc). Please include the cost of the item, the cost
of fitting or repair and any relevant taxes or charges (import duty, VAT etc)
3. Please provide the total amount spent on architects’ fees for NHS building projects commissioned since 1 May 1997; the value of relevant contracts signed with architecture and landscape architecture firms; and the names of those firms.
Our Response
I refer to your email requesting information in respect of Private Finance Initiatives.
I can confirm in accordance with S.1 (1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) that we do not hold the information that you have requested.
I should point out to you that NHS East Midlands is not a Trust as referred to in your request. As a Strategic Health Authority (SHA) we hold to account local commissioners. Our role is to relay and explain national policy, set direction and support and develop all NHS Trust bodies (Primary Care Trusts and NHS Trusts providing acute, mental health and ambulance services).
We ensure that local health systems operate effectively and efficiently for our population of 4.3 million people. This includes making certain that national standards and priorities are met so that the population of the East Midlands is cared for in high quality, safe environments and services are continuously improved and developed. An absolute priority for us is improving health and reducing inequalities.
However, Section 16 of the FOIA places a duty on us to provide help and assistance where possible. You might therefore want to consider approaching our constituent organisations separately for the information that you require. The following link to our website will enable you to do this:
http://www.eastmidlands.nhs.uk/the-local-nhs/nhs-organisations/
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
