Q1. Have you purchased any IT / ICT technical training courses or any other training Since April 2016 from;

QA training or QA limited ( or any related businesses)

Rath House

55-65 Uxbridge Road

Slough

SL1 5SG

Or any other of QA’s offices ?

NO

Q2. If so, please state what specific training services have been purchased and the exact monetary amount spent and what dates were these purchases made since April 2016?

Not applicable

Q3. Who are the decision makers or buyers ( provide name, job title, email address and direct phone number) who have purchased this IT/ICT technical training course or any other training Since April 2016?

ICT training would be purchased by Heads of Departments.

Q4. How much money has been spent with QA limited, QA training, QA Group, QA apprenticeships (or associated/related businesses) since April 2016 by entity?

Not applicable

Q5. Have you purchased any pre-paid training credits before the financial year is coming to an end and then used the training courses in a next financial year?

No

Q6. Please provide exact details of all the courses or training purchased under the pre-paid credits?

Not applicable

Q7. What specific procurement processes were followed to award QA the training contracts?

Not applicable

Q8. Provide copies of all the contracts awarded to QA in the last 3 years?

Not applicable

Q9. Which other training providers were shortlisted before these individual contracts were awarded? List by contract.

Not applicable

Q10. What is the current process for procuring training services?

HR inform the  procurement team of requirements and the best value provider is chosen within the requirements either from a framework or competitive process or a single supplier in  exceptional circumstances.

Q11. What is the complaints procedure for raising breaches in procurement processes?  Example: creating one dominate supplier, awarding contracts without a fairness and transparency and not seeking to obtain best value for money.

A complaint can be made by other suppliers to the ombudsmen, complaint raised by other suppliers during the standstill period in a procurement process, complaint raised by any individual to our Freedom to speak up Guardian at the Trust ( Anne Keogh)

Q12. What training is yet to be purchased up to 1st April 2017?

The Trust does hold this information however we estimate that compliance with your request would exceed the appropriate costs limit under section 12 of the Freedom of information Act 2000. This is currently £450 and relates to the cost of obtaining information from individual departments.

Q13  Please give specific details of courses, locations number and number of delegates who require to attend the training courses until 1st of April 2017?

The Trust does hold this information however we estimate that compliance with your request would exceed the appropriate costs limit under section 12 of the Freedom of information Act 2000. This is currently £450 and relates to the cost of obtaining information from individual departments.