Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 082-2022
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
Please kindly send to me, at the email address below, all recorded information that the Trust holds
regarding its outsourcing of the provision of pre-paid debit cards in the financial years 2020/21 and
2021/22 and its current and planned outsourcing of the provision of pre-paid debit cards in 2022/23 and
future financial years. Such information should include all recorded information regarding: –
. the Trust’s outsourcing of the provision of
pre-paid debit cards for the use by staff,
volunteers, patients and service users;
. the ways in which the Trust uses pre-paid
debit cards;
. the full names. of any outsourced service
providers. supplying the Trust;
. the contracts. with any outsourced service
providers. supplying the Trust;
. the dates. on which contracts. with
outsourced service providers. expire;
. the total fees paid by the Trust, or
budgeted to be paid, by supplier, for each
of the financial years requested above;
. the number of pre-paid debit card users the
Trust had, or anticipates having, for each of
the financial years listed above;
. the tendering process, or other
procurement method, under which the
outsourced contracts. were awarded;
. the tendering process, or other
procurement method, under which the
service will be re-contracted; and
. the date on which the process referred to in
. for the re-contracting of the outsourced
service, will commence.
. the name and email address of the person
Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation
Trust have no prepaid debit cards.
within the Trust who has responsibility for
the Trust’s management and provision of
pre-paid debit cards.
Should you have any queries in relation to our response in this letter, please do not hesitate to contact
me. If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your request and wish to ask
us to review our response, you should write to:-
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Head of Legal Services / Associate Director of Corporate Governance
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth
GLOUCESTER GL3 4AW
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E-mail: ——-
If you are not content with the outcome of any review, you may apply directly to the Information
Commissioner’s Office ICO. for further advice/guidance. Generally, the ICO will not consider your case
unless you have exhausted your enquiries with the Trust which should include considering the use of
the Trust’s formal complaints procedure. The ICO can be contacted at: The Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Officer
On behalf of Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust
FOI Request
Subject: NHS Trusts - Freedom of Information Request
Importance: High
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To Whom It May Concern,
Please kindly send to me, at the email address below, all recorded information that the Trust holds regarding its outsourcing of the provision of pre-paid debit cards in the financial years 2020/21 and 2021/22 and its current and planned outsourcing of the provision of pre-paid debit cards in 2022/23 and future financial years.
Such information should include all recorded information regarding: -
a. the Trust’s outsourcing of the provision of pre-paid debit cards for the use by staff, volunteers, patients and service users;
b. the ways in which the Trust uses pre-paid debit cards;
c. the full names. of any outsourced service providers. supplying the Trust;
d. the contracts. with any outsourced service providers. supplying the Trust;
e. the dates. on which contracts. with outsourced service providers. expire;
f. the total fees paid by the Trust, or budgeted to be paid, by supplier, for each of the financial years requested above;
g. the number of pre-paid debit card users the Trust had, or anticipates having, for each of the financial years listed above;
h. the tendering process, or other procurement method, under which the outsourced contracts. were awarded;
i. the tendering process, or other procurement method, under which the service will be re-contracted; and
j. the date on which the process referred to in h., for the re-contracting of the outsourced service, will commence.
k. the name and email address of the person within the Trust who has responsibility for the Trust’s management and provision of pre-paid debit cards.
Please respond to: cwright@suitsmecard.com I would be grateful if you would provide the information requested above to me within the 20 working days from the date of this request, as required by the Freedom of Information Act.
Many thanks in advance.