FOI Request
- Disclosure ID
- FOI/00740
- Request Date
- January 6, 2016
- Subject
- Patient Meals & Ex Director Meal Expenses
- Description
1. In the (a)2013/2014 and (b) 2014/15 financial year what was the budget on ingredients for patients’ meals provided in the hospital trust. Please provide this figure as a financial amount on ingredients only (no labour or preparation costs) per patient per day.
- In the (a) 2013/14 and (b) 2014/15 financial year what was the most expensive restaurant bill claimed on expenses by any of the Trust’s executives/ directors? Please state the name and address of the restaurant, how many people were dining, the date of the dinner and the job title of the director/executive who claimed the meal on expenses.
- Response
- £3.50 per patient food costs per day for both years
2a. 2013/14 – £22.78 Non Executive Director
2b. 2014/15 – £20.28 Chief Executive Officer
These were claims for meal allowances which are in line with the limits for subsistence payments as set out in national terms and conditions. An individual is entitled to reimbursement for the necessary extra costs of meals, accommodation and travel arising as a result of official duties away from home.