Council Use of IT Software

Dear Mr Fitzsimmons,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

Thank you for your request for information which I acknowledge was
received by the County Council on the 9 February 2010.

Your request is currently being considered. If the County Council is able
to provide you with the information you have requested, then under the
Freedom Of Information Act you are entitled to receive it within 20
working days.

For your information, the FOI Act defines a number of exemptions which may
prevent release of some or all of the information you have requested. The
County Council will assess your information request in light of the
exemptions. If exemptions do apply, then the County Council may decide
not to release all, or part, of the information you have requested. I
shall inform you if this is the case, and advise you of your rights of
appeal.

If the information you request contains reference to a third party then
they may be consulted prior to a decision being taken by the County
Council as to whether to release the information to you. You will be kept
informed if this is the case.

Any information provided to you will be either in the format you have
specifically requested or by the same means in which the request was made.

The County Council will not charge a fee to provide you with the
information you have requested, provided the cost of dealing with your
request is less than £450. If it appears likely that your request will
cost more than £450 to deal with then I will write to you again asking if
you are willing to pay the fees incurred, and setting out clearly what
those fees will be, in accordance with the FOI Act.

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manner in which your request is being dealt with then please do not
hesitate to contact me at the above address in the first instance. Any
complaints will be dealt with under the Council's corporate complaints
procedure.

Further information about your rights under the Freedom of Information
Act, is available from the Information Commissioner's Office (01625 545
700) or [1]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk, and on the County Council's
website.

I will be in touch again shortly.

Yours sincerely

Donna Curtis
FOI Officer
Improvement & Development Group
SRD
Resources Directorate
Warwickshire County Council
Tel: 01926 418089
Minicom: 01926 412277
E-Mail: [email address]
www.warwickshire.gov.uk

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Good Morning,

I apologise for the lateness of this e-mail.

With reference to this request can you kindly clarify exactly what
information it is you require.

Is it :-

- Information/spend just on new software purchased this year
or
- All software spend this year which could include
licences/associated costs for all our existing software

If you have any queries or should you wish to make a complaint about the
manner in which your request is being dealt with then please do not
hesitate to contact me at the above address in the first instance. Any
complaints will be dealt with under the Council's corporate complaints
procedure.

Further information about your rights under the Freedom of Information
Act, is available from the Information Commissioner's Office (01625 545
700) or [1]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk, and on the County Council's
website.

Yours sincerely

Donna Curtis
FOI Officer
Resources Directorate
Warwickshire County Council
Tel: 01926 418089
Minicom: 01926 412277
E-Mail: [email address]
www.warwickshire.gov.uk

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contain sensitive or protectively marked material up to RESTRICTED and
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Afternoon,

Apologies, can I also confirm that the 'last year' you refer to is our
financial year being April 2009 - Present?
And, that you only require one spend figure that being the total for all
software costs for the year in question?

Thank you for your time.

Donna Curtis
FOI Officer
Resources Directorate
Warwickshire County Council
Tel: 01926 418089
Minicom: 01926 412277
E-Mail: [email address]
www.warwickshire.gov.uk

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Dear Mr Fitzsimmons,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

Your request for information has now been considered. The information you
have requested is enclosed.

As I haven't heard from you in response to an e-mail I sent asking for
clarification, on your original request, I have made some assumptions
(correct I hope) on what you were asking for in order that I could give
you a timely response and provide you with information that I hope you
find useful.

The data is for the financial year April 2009 - Present and the total
spend includes ongoing costs (excluding Social Care) eg. agreements,
licences, maintenance as our financial systems code to' ICT Software'
without making a distinction between purchase of new software and
associated costs for existing software.

For your information the request came to this directorate 'Resources' as
it contains the Corporate ICT Service which purchases software for across
the Council. I have provided the data for us but, in addition was made
aware that the other directorates could purchase software direct
themselves so as much as I was able to I have also gathered data from
them.

If you have any queries or should you wish to make a complaint about the
manner in which your request is being dealt with then please do not
hesitate to contact me at the above address in the first instance. Any
complaints will be dealt with under the Council's corporate complaints
procedure.

Further information about your rights under the Freedom of Information
Act, is available from the Information Commissioner's Office (01625 545
700) or [1]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk, and on the County Council's
website.

Yours sincerely

Donna Curtis
FOI Officer
Resources Directorate
Warwickshire County Council
Tel: 01926 418089
Minicom: 01926 412277
E-Mail: [email address]
www.warwickshire.gov.uk

This transmission is intended for the named addressee(s) only and may
contain sensitive or protectively marked material up to RESTRICTED and
should be handled accordingly. Unless you are the named addressee (or
authorised to receive it for the addressee) you may not copy or use it, or
disclose it to anyone else. If you have received this transmission in
error please notify the sender immediately. All email traffic sent to or
from us, including without limitation all GCSX traffic, may be subject to
recording and/or monitoring in accordance with relevant legislation.

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