AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
FOI-02952

##Request 
 
You asked us: 
<i>
We would like to request the details of all vacancies/positions that have been available through NHS Jobs:<br>
<span style="display: block; padding-left: 2em;">
•	At an NHS Band 3 for an Administrator/Administrator bank worker<br> 
•	Available within the London area<br>
•	Full time and part-time<br> 
•	Between 24 March 2023 until 18 July 2024. </span>
</i>
##Our response 
I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested and a copy of the information is attached. 
 
##Search terms 
Please see attached file with data: <br>

 <span style="display: block; padding-left: 2em;">
•	Adverts published between 24 March 2023 and 18 July 2024 inclusive<br> 
•	Band 3 and job title containing “admin”<br> 
•	Available within London area<br> 
 </span>

The information provided is limited to what the recruiting organisation supplies us with. For more detail on each position you may wish to write to each trust directly. A directory of trusts and ICBs (including the ones provided in the data) can be found at the below web link: 
 
https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-provider-directory/ 
 
##Data Queries 
 
Please contact foirequests@nhsbsa.nhs.uk ensuring you quote the above reference if you have any specific questions regarding this response; or, if you feel you may be misunderstanding or misinterpreting the information; or, if you plan on publishing the data.
 
##Reusing the data and copyright 

If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data please contact communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented. 
 
The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and is subject to NHSBSA copyright. This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence detailed at: 
 
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/  
 
Should you wish to re-use the information you must include the following statement: “NHS Jobs, NHSBSA Copyright 2025” Failure to do so is a breach of the terms of the licence. 
 
Information you receive which is not subject to NHSBSA Copyright continues to be protected by the copyright of the person, or organisation, from which the information originated. Please obtain their permission before reproducing any third party (non NHSBSA Copyright) information.

Tags: NHS Jobs
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-02872

##Request

If possible I would like to request information on what population segmentation methods are being used by ICBs and GPs in England, since their introduction? 

##Response

I am writing to advise you that following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that the information you requested is not held by the NHSBSA. 

 

##Advice and Assistance 

 

Having reviewed your request, I believe that it is possible that NHS England may hold some or all of the information you require. They can be contacted at: 

 

NHS England 

PO Box 16738 

Redditch 

B97 9PT 

Telephone 0300 311 22 33 

Email: england.contactus@nhs.net     

Web http://www.england.nhs.uk/contact-us/foi/  

Following the announcement on 13 March 2025 regarding the disbanding of NHS England, please be assured that at this time they can be contacted for information as normal.  

More information can be found here: NHS England  

##Publishing this response 

 

Please note that this information will be published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at: 

 

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-02872 

 

Your personal details will be removed from the published response. 

Tags: GP, ICB, population
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-02845

#Request

_‘I am asking to see the contract that the NHS gives to this private company s assessors’_


#Our response

Under Section 21 of the FOIA, we are not required to provide information in response to a request if it is already reasonably accessible to you.

The information you requested is available in response to a previous request ‘FOI-01680’.

You can view our response in the weblink below:

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01680

Please see the following link to view the section 21 in full:

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/21

Tags: VDPS, Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-02808

#Request

Please could I put in a FOI request for Islington’s Healthy Start ward level uptake data from January 2025- April 2025?

##Response

I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested and a copy of the information is attached.

Local Authority - The local authority the full postcode relates to the latest NSPL data available (source: ONS NSPL).

Ward - The ward the full postcode relates to the latest NSPL data available (source: ONS NSPL).

Ward Code - The ward code the full postcode relates to the latest NSPL data available (source: ONS NSPL).

Total People on Digital Scheme (formerly Entitled Beneficiaries) - The total number of people on the digital scheme (for the reporting month). This includes the number of children under the age of four and the number of pregnancies over ten weeks.

__Data Queries__

Please contact foirequests@nhsbsa.nhs.uk ensuring you quote the above reference if you have any specific questions regarding this response; or, if you feel you may be misunderstanding or misinterpreting the information; or, if you plan on publishing the data.

__Reusing the data and copyright__

If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data please contact communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented.

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and is subject to NHSBSA copyright. This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence detailed at:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ 

Should you wish to re-use the information you must include the following statement:
“NHSBSA Copyright 2025” This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ 

Failure to do so is a breach of the terms of the licence.

Information you receive which is not subject to NHSBSA Copyright continues to be protected by the copyright of the person, or organisation, from which the information originated.  Please obtain their permission before reproducing any third party (non NHSBSA Copyright) information.


Tags: Healthy Start, islington
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-02891

Thank you for your request for information about the following: 

##Request 

‘Was the assessor assigned to my case paid by the NHS to undertake that work 

Is the assessor or was the assessor at the time of the assessment on the payroll of the NHS 

Did the independent assessor undertake the assessment free of charge or favour for the NHS’ 

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 2 February 2025.  

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). 

##Our response 

Please accept my sincerest apologies for the delay in this response. This was due to an administrative error. 

The NHSBSA administers the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) on behalf of Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and contracts a third-party supplier, Crawford & Company, for the provision of medical assessments under the scheme.  

Crawford & Company are paid by the NHSBSA as per the agreed contract charges. 

##Data Queries 

Please contact foirequests@nhsbsa.nhs.uk ensuring you quote the above reference if you have any specific questions regarding this response; or, if you feel you may be misunderstanding or misinterpreting the information; or, if you plan on publishing the data. 

##Reusing the data and copyright 

If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data please contact communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented. 

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and is subject to NHSBSA copyright. This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence detailed at: 

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/  

Should you wish to re-use the information you must include the following statement: “NHSBSA Copyright 2025”. Failure to do so is a breach of the terms of the licence. 

Information you receive which is not subject to NHSBSA Copyright continues to be protected by the copyright of the person, or organisation, from which the information originated. Please obtain their permission before reproducing any third party (non NHSBSA Copyright) information. 

Tags: Assessor, Medical assessor, VDPS, Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-02823

Thank you for your request for information about the following: 

##Request 

‘5 - when you last audited your systems for sending letters  

6 - what that audit showed about accuracy in the letters' contents 

7 - what that audit showed about success rates in posting the letters as intended 

8 - how many letters you sent by post in 2023 and 2024 

9 - how many letters you had returned in 2023 and 2024 as 'not known at this address' or similar  

10 - if you have checked in any way rates of receipt of your letters, if so the results of those checks  

11 - if there was no audit, what discussions and decisions (governance) took place about possible non-receipt of McCloud letters, records of meetings or remembrance of your staff involved.’ 

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 13 May 2025.  

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). 

##Our response 

Your request was a continuation of a previous request, FOI-02786 (https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-02786), relating to McCloud eligibility. 

I am writing to advise you that following a search of our paper and electronic records, as per our previous response, I have established that the information you requested is not held by the NHSBSA. 

The NHSBSA have not written to members to directly inform them of their McCloud eligibility. 

In 2024 a letter was sent to members regarding changes to the NHS Pension Scheme,  including information on McCloud eligibility. While this letter wasn’t a confirmation of eligibility, it did summarise eligibility more generally and next steps. The letter also included a link to our website, which provides information an NHS Pension Scheme member could use to determine whether or not they may be affected: 

https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/public-service-pensions-remedy-mccloud/understanding-if-your-nhs-pension-affected-changes-public-sector-pensions

This letter was sent to active and deferred members. 

Tags: McCloud, NHS Pension Scheme, NHS Pensions
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-02833

Thank you for your request for information about the following:

Request

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information:

The number of prescriptions for metyrosine issued in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland respectively, for each year from 2018 to 2024

If available, a breakdown by region or prescribing NHS trust.

I would prefer to receive the information in electronic format (CSV or Excel).

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 19 May 2025. 

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).  

##Our response

I am writing to advise you that following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that the information you requested is not held by the NHSBSA.

Advice and assistance

NHSBSA reporting uses the British National Formulary (BNF) coding for data capture and then reporting. Metyrosine is listed in our drug database as “Metirosine (Demser(Imported(United States))brand)”. This is a secondary care product and is only used in hospitals. 

You should contact hospitals directly for this information, below is a link showing all NHS providers.

https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-provider-directory/ 

Publishing this response

Please note that this information will be published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at:

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-02833 

Your personal details will be removed from the published response.

Tags: NHS Prescription Services
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-02800

#Request

_For the last 5 financial years to 30 April 2025_

_1.	How many PCN charges have been issued in total and what was their monetary value_

_2.	How many of those total PCN charges issued were to people in receipt of contribution-based job seekers allowance and what was their monetary value_

_3.	Of the PCN charges issued to those in receipt of contribution-based job seekers allowance how many PCNs were challenged_

_4.	Of the PCN challenges from people in receipt of contribution-based job seekers allowance how many were upheld_

##Response

I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds some of the information you have requested.

__Question 1__

In the past five financial years, for the prescription exemption checking service, 1,700,660 PCNs have been issued which totaled £165,838,388.41 in charges.

This data covers financial years from 1 April 2020 up to and including March 2025; April 2025 is not included.

__Question 2,3 and 4__

I am writing to advise you that following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that the information you requested is not held by the NHSBSA. A prescription doesn't show contribution-based job seekers allowance as an option for claiming free prescriptions as this does not entitle patients to free prescriptions. We do not hold information on what non-qualifying benefits patients may have been receiving.

__Data Queries__

Please contact foirequests@nhsbsa.nhs.uk ensuring you quote the above reference if you have any specific questions regarding this response; or, if you feel you may be misunderstanding or misinterpreting the information; or, if you plan on publishing the data.

__Reusing the data and copyright__

If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data please contact communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented.

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and is subject to NHSBSA copyright. This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence detailed at:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ 

Should you wish to re-use the information you must include the following statement:
“NHSBSA Copyright 2025” This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ 

Failure to do so is a breach of the terms of the licence.

Information you receive which is not subject to NHSBSA Copyright continues to be protected by the copyright of the person, or organisation, from which the information originated.  Please obtain their permission before reproducing any third party (non NHSBSA Copyright) information.








Tags: PCN, PECS, Penalty charges
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-02804

Thank you for your request for information about the following: 

##Request 

‘Many I.T. cloud companies provide a carbon emissions report to their customers for the services they run on their platform. These companies include, but are not limited to—AWS[1] and GCP[2]. 

For each cloud company you do business with that provides a carbon emissions report, please provide the following— 

(a) The name of the cloud company. 

(b) The total carbon emissions, broken down per month for the 2024 calendar year. 

[1] https://aws.amazon.com/aws-cost-management/aws-customer-carbon-footprint-tool/ 

[2] https://cloud.google.com/carbon-footprint’ 

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 5 May 2025.  

We have handled your request under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR).   

##Our response 

I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds some of the information you have requested. 

##Oracle 

I am writing to advise you that following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that the information you requested is not held by the NHSBSA. The NHSBSA does not receive any carbon emission reports from Oracle Cloud. 

##AWS 

A copy of the information is attached. 

##Azure 

A copy of the information is attached. 

Please note, Azure only provides a rolling 12 months of data, so at the time of this request only information from May 2024 onwards is available. 

##Data Queries 

Please contact foirequests@nhsbsa.nhs.uk ensuring you quote the above reference if you have any specific questions regarding this response; or, if you feel you may be misunderstanding or misinterpreting the information; or, if you plan on publishing the data. 

##Reusing the data and copyright 

If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data, please contact communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented. 

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and is subject to NHSBSA copyright. This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence detailed at: 

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/  

Should you wish to re-use the information you must include the following statement: “NHSBSA Copyright 2025”. Failure to do so is a breach of the terms of the licence. 

Information you receive which is not subject to NHSBSA Copyright continues to be protected by the copyright of the person, or organisation, from which the information originated. Please obtain their permission before reproducing any third party (non NHSBSA Copyright) information. 

Tags: Carbon emissions, Cloud, EIR
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-02794

Thank you for your request for information about the following: 

##Request 

‘I would like to know how many cases there are in the total queue for these substitute awards. 

I would also like to know the criteria used to prioritise them, age, health, anything else, if this is available.’ 

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 2 May 2025.  

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). 

##Our response 

##Question 1 - I would like to know how many cases there are in the total queue for these substitute awards 

22,449. 

##Question 2 - I would also like to know the criteria used to prioritise them, age, health, anything else, if this is available. 

Substitute awards are processed in date order. In exceptional circumstances it may be possible to escalate a case if we are informed of extenuating factors – this could be financial hardship or serious ill health, for example. These are assessed and dealt with on a case-by-case basis. 

Based on the complexities of a substitute award, it may require manual calculations by a skilled administrator, this is allocated based upon date order. However, the complexities of the case may mean that it can take longer to process. 

##Data Queries 

Please contact foirequests@nhsbsa.nhs.uk ensuring you quote the above reference if you have any specific questions regarding this response; or, if you feel you may be misunderstanding or misinterpreting the information; or, if you plan on publishing the data.

##Reusing the data and copyright 

If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data please contact communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented. 

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and is subject to NHSBSA copyright. This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence detailed at: 

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/  

Should you wish to re-use the information you must include the following statement: “NHSBSA Copyright 2025”. Failure to do so is a breach of the terms of the licence. 

Information you receive which is not subject to NHSBSA Copyright continues to be protected by the copyright of the person, or organisation, from which the information originated. Please obtain their permission before reproducing any third party (non NHSBSA Copyright) information. 

Tags: NHS Pension, NHS Pension Scheme, Substitute Awards
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log