Notice of determination of request - unedited disclosure

Introduction

This document sets out Hampshire County Council's response to your recent request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Section 1 summarises your particular request. In Section 3 and 4, those parts marked with an [X] apply to your request. Sections 2, 5, 6 and 7 apply in all cases.

“The Act” means the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

“Your request” means your request under Part 1 of the Act as summarised in Section 1 of this document.

Name: Mr James Connely

Address: Not provided

E-mail address: [FOI #29087 email]

Telephone number:

Description of information sought:

I would like to request a complete list of suppliers/contractors and consultants that have been used over the past year when procuring I.t hardware and the total spend on i.t hardware during the past financial year.

I would also like to request full details of the person(s) who conduct the i.t purchasing there.

The County Council holds information of the description specified in Your Request, and this is enclosed.

The County Council will normally provide the information requested in your preferred format, unless this is not reasonably practicable. In deciding whether it is reasonably practicable, the County Council will consider all the circumstances, including the cost of doing so.

The table below shows your preferred format and the actual format of the information we are sending to you.

[x] The County Council has complied with your preference

[ ] Further to Section 11 (3) of the Act, it was not reasonably practicable for the County Council to comply with your preference for the following reason(s):

[ ] You did not express any preference.

The County Council has a procedure for dealing with complaints, including complaints about the handling of requests for information.

[ ] A copy of the complaints procedure is attached.

[x] A copy of the complaints procedure can be found at: http://www3.hants.gov.uk/factsheets/f4comments.htm

Further to Section 50 of the Act, you may apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision if you feel your request for information has not been dealt with in accordance with the requirements of Part 1 of the Act. On receiving your application the Commissioner will make a decision, unless any of the following applies:

When the Commissioner receives an application, he will either notify you that he has not made any decision as a result of the application and give you his reasons for not doing so, or serve notice of his decision (a `decision notice') on you and the County Council. Where the decision is that the County Council has failed to comply with certain requirements under the Act, the decision notice must specify the steps to be taken by the County Council for complying with that requirement and the period within which they must be taken. The decision notice must contain details of a further right of appeal to the Information Tribunal. Where a decision notice requires steps to be taken by the County Council within a specified period, that period must not expire before the end of the period within which an appeal can be brought against the notice. If such an appeal is brought, no step which is affected by the appeal need be taken before the determination or withdrawal of the appeal.

Where information has been supplied, you are advised that the copyright in that material is owned by Hampshire County Council and/or its contractor(s) unless otherwise stated. The supply of documents under the Act does not give you an automatic right to re-use those documents in a way that would infringe copyright, for example by making multiple copies, publishing and issuing copies to the public.

Brief extracts of the material can be reproduced under the `fair dealing' provisions of the Copyright Design and Patents Act 1998 (S.29 and S.30) for the purposes of research for non-commercial purposes, private study, criticism, review and news reporting.

Details of the arrangements for reusing the material owned by Hampshire County Council and/or its contractor(s) can be obtained by contacting the Chief Executive's Department, The Castle, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8UJ.

Authorisation to re-use copyright material not owned by Hampshire County Council and/or its contractors, should be sought from the copyright holders concerned. If in doubt, you should contact the Chief Executive's Department in the first instance.

Signature

Signed: T. M. Chance.

Date: 15 March 2010

Name: T. M. Chance

Designation: FOI Co-ordinator, IT

Address for communications about this notice: Chief Executive's Department, Hampshire County Council, The Castle, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8UJ.

E-mail: [email address]

Please quote this reference on any correspondence: FOI Enq No. 2294

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