Education Case Management System

Dear Marcus Lebrocq

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

Thank you for your request for information about:

Education Case Management System

Your request was received on 12/06/2024 and is being handled under the
terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Your query has been given the reference 00207209

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case I will
let you know. A fees notice will be issued to you, and you will be
required to pay before I will proceed to deal with your request.

You should receive the information requested within 20 working days unless
the Council does not hold the information or there is a reason for it to
be withheld. I will write to you in any event.

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me. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

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Information
Commissioner at:

Information Commissioner's Office - Wales

Second Floor, Churchill House

Churchill Way,

Cardiff

CF10 2HH

029 20678400

[email address]

Yours sincerely

Information Governance Officer / Swyddog Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth

Legal Services / Gwasanaethau Cyfreithiol

Vale of Glamorgan Council / Cyngor Bro Morgannwg

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Dear Marcus Lebrocq

Thank you for your request for information on 12th June about: Education
Case Management System

Please find our response below:

Can you please provide the following details:
- What is the total contract value, as originally contracted, and term in
years for your current Capita One education software system contract?
- When does this current contract expire and are there any extensions
planned?
- When will you be approaching the market to evaluate options to replace
this system

Our education services have advised that this information is commercially
sensitive and subsequently an exemption applies, details of the exemption
can be found below.

Freedom of interest S43: Commercial Interests
Section 43(2) provides an exemption from disclosure where to release
information would, or would be likely to prejudice the commercial
interests of any party (including the Public Authority holding it).
Disclosure of the requested information could prejudice pending or future
negotiations the Council may be subject to.
This is a qualified exemption under the FOI Act which means that
consideration must also be given to whether in all the circumstances of
the case the public interest favouring disclosure is greater than the
public interest in maintaining the exemption. The public interest means
what is in the best interests of the public not what is of interest to the
public.

Public interest test considerations
We have considered whether the public interest in maintaining the
exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.
There are a number of public interest arguments that weigh in favour of
disclosing the information you have sought:

• The general proposition of maximising openness that the FOIA and the
Council aspire to;
• The benefits of ensuring transparent and accountable government by
disclosing how the Council receives and spends public money;
However, there are also public interest arguments against disclosure:
• Releasing the requested information could prejudice the Council’s
current or future negotiation capabilities.
The public interest in withholding the requested information outweighs the
public interest in disclosure of the requested information.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the
right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be
made within 40 working days of the date of receipt of the response to your
original letter and should be addressed to:

c/o The Monitoring Officer – [email address]

Or by post to The Monitoring Officer, Civic Offices, Holton Road, Barry,
CF63 4RU.

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision.
The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner's Office - Wales

Second Floor, Churchill House

Churchill Way,

Cardiff

CF10 2HH

029 20678400 / Fax:029 20678399

[email address]

Yours sincerely

Information Governance Officer

Legal Services

Vale of Glamorgan Council / Cyngor Bro Morgannwg

tel / ffôn: 01446 700111

mob / sym:

e-mail / e-bost: [email address] or [email address]

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Dear Marcus Le brocq

We write in relation to your request that the decision not to provide you with the information be reviewed. We confirm that this has now taken place. Further enquiries have been made with the relevant service area as part of this process. The information you seek is not within the public domain. We note that you disagree with this view, however you do not provide any information to support your view. In the circumstances it does not appear that the information is in the public domain.

You also objected to the section 43 exemption being applied. This relates to information not being disclosed because it is commercially sensitive. It is felt that the exemption has been appropriately applied.

We appreciate you will be disappointed by this response. We have given very careful consideration to the points you have raised but do feel it was appropriate that the exemption was applied.

If you remain unhappy with the Council's decision you can write to the Information Commissioner's Office, (ICO), their details are as follows:-

The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner's Office - Wales
Second Floor, Churchill House
Churchill Way,
Cardiff
CF10 2HH
029 20678400 / Fax:029 20678399
[email address]

Yours sincerely

Information Governance Officer
Legal Services
Vale of Glamorgan Council / Cyngor Bro Morgannwg
tel / ffôn: 01446 700111
e-mail / bost: [email address]
or [email address]

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