Council Use of IT Software

Dear Mr Fitzsimons

Thank you for your request.

I acknowledge your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. Assuming we hold this information, I will endeavour
to supply the data to you as soon as possible but no later than 9th
March 2010 (20 working days from date of receipt).

I will advise you as soon as possible if we do not hold this information
or if there are exemptions to be considered and/or any costs for providing
the information. Please quote our reference - FOI/10/0135 in any
communication regarding this particular request.

Best regards

Corporate Access to Information Team, Chief Executive's Department
Kent County Council, Legal & Democratic Services, Room B.48, Sessions
House, County Hall, Maidstone. ME14 1XQ.
Tel: 01622 696265 or 01622 694261 - Fax: 01622 694383
[1]http://www.kent.gov.uk/your_council/have...

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Dear Mr Fitzsimons

Thank you for your request for information. Please accept my sincere
apologies for the slight delay in responding to you; I appreciate that the
Council has not complied with statutory timescales on this occasion.

Kent County Council is a very large authority; our employee headcount is
over 44,000. KCC is split into five directorates, each with their own
devolved powers and financial management so consequently, very few records
are centralised making our ability to answer authority-wide requests for
information very difficult within the appropriate limit. However, I have
managed to collate the following information which I hope meets some of
your requirements

Please see attached a list of suppliers used in the past year and details
of the contracts. The amount spent on software during 2008/09 was
£3,549,300 and the spent this financial year to date is £3,831,600. I
have also attached a list of software purchases for 2009-2010 procured
through Kent County Supplies' contract and KCC's purchase history. To
provide any further breakdown would require investigating every invoice
which would certainly exceed the appropriate limit of £450 (equivalent to
18 hours @ £25 per hour) so under section 12 of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, the Council is not obliged to comply with this
element of your request.

Software could be purchased by almost any officer in KCC in accordance
with our procurement policy and protocol.
[1]https://shareweb.kent.gov.uk/Documents/b...
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If you are unhappy with this response, and believe KCC has not complied
with legislation, please ask for a review by following our complaints
process; details can be found at this link
[2]http://www.kent.gov.uk/your_council/have...
on our website. Please quote reference FOI/10/0135.

If you still remain dissatisfied following an internal review, you can
appeal to the Information Commissioner, who oversees compliance with the
Freedom of Information Act 2000. Details of what you need to do, should
you wish to pursue this course of action, are available from the
Information Commissioner*s website
[3]http://www.ico.gov.uk/complaints/freedom...

Best regards

Caroline Dodge
Corporate Access to Information Coordinator, Chief Executive's Department
Kent County Council, Legal & Democratic Services, Room B.48, Sessions
House, County Hall, Maidstone. ME14 1XQ.
Tel: 01622 221652 - Fax: 01622 696075
[4]http://www.kent.gov.uk/your_council/have...

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