Charity Funds

Summary

A request was made for a detailed breakdown of charity donation income and expenditure for Manx Care, including specific departmental allocations and current fund balances. The authority responded that the information was not held in the requested format and refused to create or derive it under the Freedom of Information Act 2015.

Key Facts

• The request was received by Manx Care on 21 January 2025.
• The outcome was determined as 'Information not held' on 18 February 2025.
• The authority cited Section 11(3)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2015 as the reason for refusal.
• Manx Care stated it is not required to create or derive information from existing data to fulfill the request.
• The request covered financial years including the last and current year for charity funds.

Data Disclosed

• 2025-01-21
• 2025-02-18
• 4380921
• S11(3)(b)
• section 8(3)

Exemptions Cited

• Section 11(3)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2015 (Information not held/creation of information)

Original Request

Break down of expenditure from charity and fund raising donations to Manx care including; - The departments, projects or initiatives etc that received the donations. - The exact expenditure in GB pounds given to each of the above. - The total income from donations. - The current amount of funds (£) available and un assigned for future use. - Include all the above income and expenditures of donations in the last and current financial year.

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Manx Care Noble’s Hospital, Strang Braddan, Isle of Man IM4 4R (01624) 650 000

Our ref: 4380921 18 February 2025

Dear

We write further to your request received 21 January 2025, which states:

"Break down of expenditure from charity and fund raising donations to Manx care including;
- The departments, projects or initiatives etc that received the donations.
- The exact expenditure in GB pounds given to each of the above.
- The total income from donations.
- The current amount of funds (£) available and un assigned for future use.
- Include all the above income and expenditures of donations in the last and current financial year."

Under S11(3)(b) complying with the request for information would require the public authority to do one or more of the matters mentioned in section 8(3) (things a public authority is not required to do by the Act) to create or derive information from informa tion that it holds which the Department is not required to do under the Act.

Please quote the reference number 4380921 in any future communications.

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 submitting it electronically or by delivery/post.

An electronic version of our complaint form can be found by going to our website at https://services.gov.im/freedom-of-information/Review . If you would like a paper version of our complaint form to be sent to you by post, please contact me and I will be happy to arrange for this. 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 2015; 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 right to a review can be found on the Information Commissioner’s website at 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 at www.gov.im/foi.

I will now close your request as of this date.

Yours sincerely