Prison catering

Summary

A Freedom of Information request was made to the Department of Home Affairs for prison utility costs and staff salaries, to which the authority responded by disclosing the specific financial figures for the 2016-2017 period while noting that healthcare staff costs were excluded.

Key Facts

• Gas costs for heating the prison for the financial year 01 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 were £142,021.34.
• Electrical usage costs for the same period were £147,359.53.
• The total salary including overtime, holidays, and sickness for all prison employees was £4,294,531.67.
• Financial data for Healthcare staff employed in the prison was not included as records are held by the Department of Health & Social Care.
• The request was received and answered on 25 August 2017.

Data Disclosed

• £142,021.34
• £147,359.53
• £4,294,531.67
• 01 April 2016
• 31 March 2017
• 25 August 2017
• IM100404I

Original Request

1. The cost of gas consumed for heating the prison for 12 months. 2. The cost of electrical useage for 12 months. 3. The total salary including overtime holidays and sickness to all persons employed in the Prison.

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

REFERENCE NUMBER: IM100404I 8th September 2017 REQUEST UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2015 (“the Act”) Thank you for your request dated 25th August 2017
Your request You asked for; 1. The cost of gas consumed for heating the prison for 12 months. 2. The cost of electrical useage for 12 months. 3. The total salary including overtime holidays and sickness to all persons employed in the Prison.

Response to your request
The answers to your questions are; 1. The cost of gas consumed for heating the prison for the financial year 01 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 was £142,021.34; 2. The cost of electrical usage for the same period was £147,359.53; 3. The total salary including overtime holidays and sickness to all persons employed in the Prison is £4,294,531.67.

As we have no financial data in relation to the Healthcare staff employed in the prison as this record will be held by the Department of Health & Social Care, these costs are not included.

Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your Freedom of Information request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response, by completing a complaint form and Chief Executive’s Office DHA Headquarters Tromode Douglas, ISLE OF MAN IM2 5AP Telephone: (01624) 694313 Fax: (01624) 621298 Web address: www@gov.im/dha Email: GeneralEnquiries.DHA@dha.gov.im

submitting it electronically or by delivery/post to Sally-Ann Cain sally-ann.Cain@gov.im An electronic version and paper version of our complaint form can be found
by going to our website. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made as soon as practicable. We will respond as soon as the review has been concluded.
If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner for a decision on; 1 Whether we have responded to your request for information in accordance with Part 2 of the Freedom of Information Act; or 2 Whether we are justified in refusing to give you the information requested.
In response to an application for review, the Information Commissioner may, at any time, attempt to resolve a matter by negotiation, conciliation, mediation or another form of alternative dispute resolution and will have regard to any outcome of this in making any subsequent decision. More detailed information on your rights to review is on the Information Commissioner’s website at: https://www.inforights.im/
Should you have any queries concerning this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Further information about Freedom of Information requests can be found https://www.gov.im/about-the-government/freedom-of-information/
Yours sincerely