Cost and contracts for Derbyshire crime map

Julian Todd made this Freedom of Information request to Derbyshire Constabulary

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From: Julian Todd

23 November 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

According to a press release from earlier in the year:
http://www.derbyshire.police.uk/news/136...

"Derbyshire Constabulary has launched its interactive crime mapping
website [u]sing a simple, user-friendly interface and
highly-detailed Ordnance Survey maps..."

Although this system appears to have been shut down in favour of a
national system launched last month:
http://www.derbyshire.police.uk/local/20...

I have reason to believe that a contract was signed and delivered
for the Derbyshire Constabulary's version.

Please may I be sent:

* the names and dates of engagement of the contractors/consultants
who developed and maintained the Derbyshire Constabulary crime
mapper from its start till its completion

* the costs incurred by the contractors related to building and
maintaining the site.

* copies of the contracts and agreements signed with these
contractors-- including any termination clauses which may have been
invoked following the launch of the national crime map.

Yours faithfully,

Julian Todd

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Derbyshire Constabulary

24 November 2009

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Mr Todd,

Please find attached the acknowledgement letter to your recent FOI
request.

Kind regards,

Louise Hawkins
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Freedom of Information Unit
Professional Standards Department
Derbyshire Constabulary
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Ripley
Derbyshire
Tel: 0345 123 3333
Fax: 01773 572639
Email: [email address]

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From: Julian Todd

20 December 2009

Dear Derbyshire Constabulary,

Please pass this communication to the person who conducts Freedom
of Information reviews in accordance with Section 38 of the Freedom
of Information Act 2000 (section 45) Code of Practice.

My complaint concerns the responses to questions 2 and 3 of my FOI
request of 24 November 2009 for "costs and contracts of the
Derbyshire Crime Map", which were to send me:

"(2) The costs incurred by the contractors related to building and
maintaining the site.

"(3) Copies of the contracts and agreements signed with these
contractors-- including any termination clauses which may have been
invoked following the launch of the national crime map."

The response by Derbyshire Constabulary to (2) was:

"We do not hold this information – it would be held by the
contractor not the Force."

This was a deliberately literal interpretation of my question,
which I had clearly intended to mean:

"What were the costs incurred TO THE DERBYSHIRE CONSTABULARY by the
contractors related to building and maintaining the site?"

The response by Derbyshire Constabulary to (3) was to cite an out
of context statement from a very obscure Tribunal Decision - N.
Ingle v Information Commissioner 29 June 2007 (EA/2007/0023), as
justification for refusing the disclosure of any document in
principle.

I should not need to outline the well-established principle that it
is in the public interest to publish contracts with suppliers in
order to create a fair marketplace. Numerous decisions by the
Commissioner and the Tribunal which you will be aware of attest to
that.

However, I will quote from an interview with the current
Information Commissioner, Chris Graham:

"It should be absolutely routine that details of contracts, value
of contracts, expenses, minutes of top-level meetings just should
be up there on departmental websites."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/opensecrets/2...

I look forward to receiving information I requested relating the
the costs of this contract, and a copy of the contract itself, in
due course, as well as confirmation that the information practices
of the Derbyshire Constabulary have been updated to the appropriate
standard.

Yours faithfully,

Julian Todd

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Derbyshire Constabulary

21 December 2009

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Kind regards

Sue Guest
Disclosure Assistant
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Derbyshire Constabulary
Butterley Hall
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Derbyshire
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E-mail: [email address]
Web: [1]http://www.derbyshire.police.uk

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Francis Irving left an annotation ( 5 February 2010)

Julian says he has sent a complaint about this to the ICO.

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From: Julian Todd

18 October 2010

Dear Louise Hawkins,

Thank you for releasing this contract with Rock Kitchen Harris Ltd
for the Derbyshire Crime mapper, following correspondence from the
Information Commissioner. I shall consider this matter closed.

Yours sincerely,

Julian Todd

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Derbyshire Constabulary

26 January 2011

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For the attention of Richard from the Whatdotheyknow.com team please as he
requested.

S.Barlow
FOI manager

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Ganesh Sittampalam left an annotation (28 January 2011)

The document requested was originally released on 15th October 2010. It included the scanned signatures of individuals, and the authority recently contacted us to ask for these to be removed. In line with our usual procedure we asked for a replacement version with the signatures removed, which can be found in the recent message, and we have now deleted the original document.

The redaction has also removed the names of the individuals who signed the document, which we believe should continue to be disclosed:

David Moore, Director, on behalf of Rock Kitchen Harris Limited

Paul Whitehall, Procurement Manager on behalf of Derbyshire Police Authority.
Witnessed by Matthew Rudder

Ganesh - WhatDoTheyKnow.com volunteer

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