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Dear Equality and Human Rights Commission,

1. What was the total budget for IT spend for 2019?

2. What proportion of the IT spend for 2019 was for software/digital projects?

3. How many software/digital projects were started in 2019?

4. How many of the software/digital projects started in 2019 were due to be put into live running (i.e. complete) in 2019? Where projects had multiple phases, I'm only interested in those phases that were due in 2019.

5. If any of the projects in question 4 ran over budget, by how much did they run over?

6. If any of the projects in question 4 were not delivered on the date originally planned, by how much did they run over? By originally planned, I mean the due date when the project was launched; if a project was rescoped and the due date changed, treat the project as running over from the original date.

7. If any of the projects in question 4 were cancelled, how many was that and what was the budget for those projects in total?

8. What proportion of your software/digital project teams track defects found? (It is enough to give an approximation, e.g. more than 80%)

9. For the projects that track defects:

a. How many defects were found?
b. How many of these were during design/development?
c. How many of these were found after development (i.e. after the project went live)?
d. Is there a correlation between the original project budget, due date, defects found in development, defects in live, project type (internal, public-facing) and budget or time overruns? (It is okay to send me just the raw data - project, budget, due date, defects, overruns and I will do the analysis)

Yours faithfully,

Ranbir Sahota

Freedom of Information, Equality and Human Rights Commission

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Dear Ranbir Sahota,

 

Subject: Freedom of Information Request

Thank you for your email dated 5 March 2020 in which you make the
following information request:

‘1.What was the total budget for IT spend for 2019?

 

2.What proportion of the IT spend for 2019 was for software/digital
projects?

 

3.How many software/digital projects were started in 2019?

 

4.How many of the software/digital projects started in 2019 were due to be
put into live running (i.e. complete) in 2019? Where projects had multiple
phases, I'm only interested in those phases that were due in 2019.

 

5.If any of the projects in question 4 ran over budget, by how much did
they run over?

 

6.If any of the projects in question 4 were not delivered on the date
originally planned, by how much did they run over? By originally planned,
I mean the due date when the project was launched; if a project was
rescoped and the due date changed, treat the project as running over from
the original date.

 

7.If any of the projects in question 4 were cancelled, how many was that
and what was the budget for those projects in total?

 

8.What proportion of your software/digital project teams track defects
found? (It is enough to give an approximation, e.g. more than 80%)

 

9.For the projects that track defects:

 

a.How many defects were found?

b.How many of these were during design/development?

c.How many of these were found after development (i.e. after the project
went live)?

d.Is there a correlation between the original project budget, due date,
defects found in development, defects in live, project type (internal,
public-facing) and budget or time overruns? (It is okay to send me just
the raw data - project, budget, due date, defects, overruns and I will do
the analysis)’

 

As you are requesting information which the Commission may hold, we are
dealing with your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. In
accordance with the requirements of section 10 of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, we will respond promptly and in any event no later
than 20 working days following the date of receipt of the request. In this
instance a response will be with you no later than 2 April 2020. If for
any reason we are not able to meet this deadline, we will notify you and
give you an indication of when we will send you a full response.

If you have any queries please contact us using the details below.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

EHRC Information Governance Team
Equality and Human Rights Commission

[Equality and Human Rights Commission request email]

Arndale House, The Arndale Centre, 
Manchester, M4 3AQ

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printed copy of the Privacy Notice please write to: Correspondence Unit |
Arndale Centre, Arndale House, Manchester, M4 3AQ

 

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Dear Ranbir Sahota,

 

Subject: Your Freedom of Information Request

 

Thank you for your email dated 5 March 2020 in which you made a request
for information.

 

Under section 1(3) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 ("the Act") we
reasonably require further information in order to identify and locate the
information that you require.

 

To help us identify and locate the requested information please can you
clarify whether you want to know information for the calendar year or
financial year for the entirety of your request. Also, for parts 8 and 9
of your request, please explain further what information you are trying to
find out. It is unclear from your request what search we would carry out
to find this information.

 

Please note, we will be unable to progress this matter until we are in
receipt of this further information. If we do not receive appropriate
clarification of your request within 3 months from the date of this email,
we will deem this request to be closed.

We look forward to hearing from you shortly.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

EHRC Information Governance Team
Equality and Human Rights Commission

[Equality and Human Rights Commission request email]

Arndale House, The Arndale Centre, 
Manchester, M4 3AQ

[1]equalityhumanrights.com

 

[2]Sign up for our e-newsletter

 

[3]Equality and Human Rights Commission logo

 

Note: To see how we use your personal data when you give it to us, please
go to [4]https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/p... on our
website to read our Privacy Notice. If you would like us to send you a
printed copy of the Privacy Notice please write to: Correspondence Unit |
Arndale Centre, Arndale House, Manchester, M4 3AQ

 

From: Freedom of Information
Sent: 09 March 2020 16:04
To: 'Ranbir Sahota' <[FOI #652640 email]>
Subject: FOI1484 Sahota - FOI Acknowledgement

 

Dear Ranbir Sahota,

 

Subject: Freedom of Information Request

Thank you for your email dated 5 March 2020 in which you make the
following information request:

‘1.What was the total budget for IT spend for 2019?

 

2.What proportion of the IT spend for 2019 was for software/digital
projects?

 

3.How many software/digital projects were started in 2019?

 

4.How many of the software/digital projects started in 2019 were due to be
put into live running (i.e. complete) in 2019? Where projects had multiple
phases, I'm only interested in those phases that were due in 2019.

 

5.If any of the projects in question 4 ran over budget, by how much did
they run over?

 

6.If any of the projects in question 4 were not delivered on the date
originally planned, by how much did they run over? By originally planned,
I mean the due date when the project was launched; if a project was
rescoped and the due date changed, treat the project as running over from
the original date.

 

7.If any of the projects in question 4 were cancelled, how many was that
and what was the budget for those projects in total?

 

8.What proportion of your software/digital project teams track defects
found? (It is enough to give an approximation, e.g. more than 80%)

 

9.For the projects that track defects:

 

a.How many defects were found?

b.How many of these were during design/development?

c.How many of these were found after development (i.e. after the project
went live)?

d.Is there a correlation between the original project budget, due date,
defects found in development, defects in live, project type (internal,
public-facing) and budget or time overruns? (It is okay to send me just
the raw data - project, budget, due date, defects, overruns and I will do
the analysis)’

 

As you are requesting information which the Commission may hold, we are
dealing with your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. In
accordance with the requirements of section 10 of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, we will respond promptly and in any event no later
than 20 working days following the date of receipt of the request. In this
instance a response will be with you no later than 2 April 2020. If for
any reason we are not able to meet this deadline, we will notify you and
give you an indication of when we will send you a full response.

If you have any queries please contact us using the details below.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

EHRC Information Governance Team
Equality and Human Rights Commission

[5][Equality and Human Rights Commission request email]

Arndale House, The Arndale Centre, 
Manchester, M4 3AQ

[6]equalityhumanrights.com

 

[7]Sign up for our e-newsletter

 

[8]Equality and Human Rights Commission logo

 

Note: To see how we use your personal data when you give it to us, please
go to [9]https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/p... on our
website to read our Privacy Notice. If you would like us to send you a
printed copy of the Privacy Notice please write to: Correspondence Unit |
Arndale Centre, Arndale House, Manchester, M4 3AQ

 

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Dear Ranbir Sahota,

 

Subject: Your Freedom of Information Request

 

Further to our email of 31 March 2020, we can offer further assistance to
you in finding the information which you require or resubmitting a
request.

 

The [1]contract finder website is where we post all of the Commission’s
contract award notices. Furthermore the [2]Transparency section of our
website has details of all expenditure, tenders and contracts awarded.

 

The term ‘digital projects’ within your original request could cover a
wide scope of things, including work done by our Communications department
in terms of website and content. We recommend that, should you still wish
to make a request once you have viewed the above, you are more specific in
which information you are seeking regarding the term ‘digital projects’,
along with the advice given below relating to the timescale and later
parts of your request.

 

We trust that this information is of assistance to you should you wish to
submit a reformulated request.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

EHRC Information Governance Team
Equality and Human Rights Commission

[Equality and Human Rights Commission request email]

Arndale House, The Arndale Centre, 
Manchester, M4 3AQ

[3]equalityhumanrights.com

 

[4]Sign up for our e-newsletter

 

[5]Equality and Human Rights Commission logo

 

Note: To see how we use your personal data when you give it to us, please
go to [6]https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/p... on our
website to read our Privacy Notice. If you would like us to send you a
printed copy of the Privacy Notice please write to: Correspondence Unit |
Arndale Centre, Arndale House, Manchester, M4 3AQ

 

From: Freedom of Information
Sent: 31 March 2020 14:37
To: 'Ranbir Sahota' <[FOI #652640 email]>
Subject: FOI1484 - Sahota - clarification needed

 

Dear Ranbir Sahota,

 

Subject: Your Freedom of Information Request

 

Thank you for your email dated 5 March 2020 in which you made a request
for information.

 

Under section 1(3) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 ("the Act") we
reasonably require further information in order to identify and locate the
information that you require.

 

To help us identify and locate the requested information please can you
clarify whether you want to know information for the calendar year or
financial year for the entirety of your request. Also, for parts 8 and 9
of your request, please explain further what information you are trying to
find out. It is unclear from your request what search we would carry out
to find this information.

 

Please note, we will be unable to progress this matter until we are in
receipt of this further information. If we do not receive appropriate
clarification of your request within 3 months from the date of this email,
we will deem this request to be closed.

We look forward to hearing from you shortly.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

EHRC Information Governance Team
Equality and Human Rights Commission

[7][Equality and Human Rights Commission request email]

Arndale House, The Arndale Centre, 
Manchester, M4 3AQ

[8]equalityhumanrights.com

 

[9]Sign up for our e-newsletter

 

[10]Equality and Human Rights Commission logo

 

Note: To see how we use your personal data when you give it to us, please
go to [11]https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/p... on our
website to read our Privacy Notice. If you would like us to send you a
printed copy of the Privacy Notice please write to: Correspondence Unit |
Arndale Centre, Arndale House, Manchester, M4 3AQ

 

From: Freedom of Information
Sent: 09 March 2020 16:04
To: 'Ranbir Sahota' <[12][FOI #652640 email]>
Subject: FOI1484 Sahota - FOI Acknowledgement

 

Dear Ranbir Sahota,

 

Subject: Freedom of Information Request

Thank you for your email dated 5 March 2020 in which you make the
following information request:

‘1.What was the total budget for IT spend for 2019?

 

2.What proportion of the IT spend for 2019 was for software/digital
projects?

 

3.How many software/digital projects were started in 2019?

 

4.How many of the software/digital projects started in 2019 were due to be
put into live running (i.e. complete) in 2019? Where projects had multiple
phases, I'm only interested in those phases that were due in 2019.

 

5.If any of the projects in question 4 ran over budget, by how much did
they run over?

 

6.If any of the projects in question 4 were not delivered on the date
originally planned, by how much did they run over? By originally planned,
I mean the due date when the project was launched; if a project was
rescoped and the due date changed, treat the project as running over from
the original date.

 

7.If any of the projects in question 4 were cancelled, how many was that
and what was the budget for those projects in total?

 

8.What proportion of your software/digital project teams track defects
found? (It is enough to give an approximation, e.g. more than 80%)

 

9.For the projects that track defects:

 

a.How many defects were found?

b.How many of these were during design/development?

c.How many of these were found after development (i.e. after the project
went live)?

d.Is there a correlation between the original project budget, due date,
defects found in development, defects in live, project type (internal,
public-facing) and budget or time overruns? (It is okay to send me just
the raw data - project, budget, due date, defects, overruns and I will do
the analysis)’

 

As you are requesting information which the Commission may hold, we are
dealing with your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. In
accordance with the requirements of section 10 of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, we will respond promptly and in any event no later
than 20 working days following the date of receipt of the request. In this
instance a response will be with you no later than 2 April 2020. If for
any reason we are not able to meet this deadline, we will notify you and
give you an indication of when we will send you a full response.

If you have any queries please contact us using the details below.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

EHRC Information Governance Team
Equality and Human Rights Commission

[13][Equality and Human Rights Commission request email]

Arndale House, The Arndale Centre, 
Manchester, M4 3AQ

[14]equalityhumanrights.com

 

[15]Sign up for our e-newsletter

 

[16]Equality and Human Rights Commission logo

 

Note: To see how we use your personal data when you give it to us, please
go to [17]https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/p... on our
website to read our Privacy Notice. If you would like us to send you a
printed copy of the Privacy Notice please write to: Correspondence Unit |
Arndale Centre, Arndale House, Manchester, M4 3AQ

 

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