Monday 30 December 2024
Internal Reference Number: FOI_8193
Date Request Received: 09/10/2024 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 25/10/2024 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Social Value
Request Category: Companies
| Question Number 1: I am requesting the following records under the Freedom of Information Act. This is in relation to the use of social value weighting of 10 per cent in your procurement of goods and services, which has been mandated by government for NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts since April 2022. Please see attached response sheet 1. What methods do you use to measure social value from your procurements? Please include any additional measurement methods you use (e.g. TOMs) as well as the NHS Social Value Model. | |
| Answer To Question 1: The Trust uses the social values model template provided on the Gov.net website Social-Value-Model-Edn-1.1-3-Dec-20.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk) and asks questions based on this, with a minimum of 1 question being based on net zero with a social values minimum weight criteria of 10%. | |
| Question Number 2: What is the total social value accrued by your procurement activities each year from April 2022, according to how you measure and report this at a corporate level? If possible, can you provide any explanatory notes to explain how you have measured this? | |
| Answer To Question 2: This information is not held centrally within the Trust and is accounted for in individual contracts – it would take several hours to review these for each agreement. Please see exemption notice attached. | |
| Question Number 3: Do you use financial proxies to monetise the measurement of social value, such as social local economic value? If so: a. Please specify the method or measure you use to monetise the measurement of social value b. Please provide the total number of contracts to which you applied this financial proxy each financial year since April 2022 c. Please provide the total value of those contracts d. Please provide the total monetized social value of those contracts e. Please provide the total value of all contracts let during that same period | |
| Answer To Question 3: The Trust do not use financial proxies to monetise the measurement of social values. | |
| Question Number 4: How much in total have you spent in procurement on local business/organisations, each financial year, since April 2022? Please including your definition of a local business/organisation, if you have one. | |
| Answer To Question 4: Please see the attached breakdown for the spend covering this question. To accompany this answer to question 4 please also see the documents listed below:  SFT Spend - Local Suppliers (FOI 8193 - Q4).xlsx | |
| Question Number 5: How much have you spent on SMEs each FY since April 2022? The government defines an SME as a company with fewer than 250 employees, turnover under €50m and balance sheet under €43. If the trust has a different definition then please provide it. | |
| Answer To Question 5: The data required for this is not held centrally and would not be possible for the Trust to accurately summarise within appropriate timescales. Please see exemption notice attached. | |
| Question Number 6: How much have you spent on VCSEs each FY since April 2022? Again, please include your definition of a VCSE if you have one. | |
| Answer To Question 6: The data required for this is not held centrally and would not be possible for the Trust to accurately summarise within appropriate timescales. Please see exemption notice attached. | |
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