Following on from one contributors exercise in finding out what their local councils / PCT fund and provide for PLWHA (People living with HIV and AIDs) - click here.

I have started to ask other councils & PCT's for information. It would be helpful if you could copy the request below and send it to your local Council / PCT and post the response so we get a broader picture.

"Freedom of Information Request.

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000  I request information on HIV/AIDs held by your organisation as a public body.

I request the following;

i.       How much money do you receive, and from what source (Central Government or otherwise), to fund activities for people living with HIV and AIDs (PLWHA)?

a.     Please provide organisational contact information.

ii.     How is this money allocated external to your organisation?

a.     Detail to whom it is given, the amount, what service(s) it pays for?

b.     Detail how you audit delivery from external organisations for what you have paid for,

                                               i.     The frequency,

                                              ii.     The criteria, by organisation.

                                            iii.     When this was last done, by organisation.

                                            iv.     When is this next due, by organisation?

iii.    Detail how this money is allocated internally within your organisation.

                                               i.     That is how much?

                                              ii.      To what department?

                                            iii.     To provide what service(s).

                                            iv.     Where this is a contribution to ‘man-hours” within a department please detail the amount and frequency i.e. Housing Officer, HIV people, 20 hours per week.

b.     Detail how you audit delivery from internal delivery for what you have paid for,

                                               i.     The frequency,

                                              ii.     The criteria by department.

                                            iii.     When this was last done.

                                            iv.     When is this next due?

iv.    Detail the services clients can access.

This is a request for information that should be easily retrieved from any accounts held and departments & people responsible. This request doesn’t contravene the Data Protections Act, as it doesn’t ask for individual information merely organisational."