Peter Colmans
Traffic and Technology Division
Department for Transport
Great Minster House
33 Horseferry Road
London
SW1P 4DR
Web Site:
www.gov.uk/dft
Mr Jeremy Peachey
Our Ref: GT51/2/2/F0016064
By email to:
request-485177-
11 June 2018
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Dear Mr Peachey
Freedom of Information Act Request F0016064
Thank you for your email of 15 May in which you ask:
“FOI questions re Streetmanager:
- Could the Department confirm the total spend to date for Streetmanager's Discovery and
Alpha phases?
- Has the Beta phase now been authorised?
- What is the minimum and maximum range of costs allocated for the Beta?
- The Department during its previous phases was committed to collecting information
about the lengths of the contracts for existing EToN noticing providers. Has this been
completed and will the Department publish an anonymised summary?
- Has the Department estimated the costs of change for a Local Authority?
- Has the Department estimated or had estimations passed to it of the costs of
implementation for a Utility?
- When does the Department expect all of the English LAs to adopt Streetmanager?
- Will the Department be mandating use of Streetmanager by regulation?
- When does it expect to do this?
- Has the Department estimated the full direct costs to itself of implementing
Streetmanager beyond the Beta stage? What is this estimate?”
I am dealing with your request under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000
(“the FOI Act”). Following a search of the Department for Transport’s (DfT) paper and
electronic records, I can provide the following responses to your questions.
Could the Department confirm the total spend to date for Streetmanager's
Discovery and Alpha phases?
Under section 21 of the FOI Act, we are not required to provide information which is
already reasonably accessible to you. Information about the total spend to date on the
Discovery and Alpha stages of street manager is available from:
https://www.digitalmarketplace.service.gov.uk/digital-outcomes-and-
specialists/opportunities/1639
https://www.digitalmarketplace.service.gov.uk/digital-outcomes-and-
specialists/opportunities/5319
I can confirm, however, that The DfT’s spend to date has been £188,400 on the
Discovery and £426,580 on the Alpha.
Has the Beta phase now been authorised?
I can confirm that the Beta phase has now been authorised.
What is the minimum and maximum range of costs allocated for the Beta?
Information on the minimum and maximum range of costs for the Beta phase will be
published very shortly on the digital market place.
The Department during its previous phases was committed to collecting
information about the lengths of the contracts for existing EToN noticing providers.
Has this been completed and will the Department publish an anonymised
summary?
The DfT does not hold this information.
Has the Department estimated the costs of change for a Local Authority?
Has the Department estimated or had estimations passed to it of the costs of
implementation for a Utility?
When does the Department expect all of the English LAs to adopt Streetmanager?
An 18 month Beta development phase has just begun. Further work on transition and
business change will be carried out during the Beta phase.
Will the Department be mandating use of Streetmanager by regulation?
Yes, this is the Department’s intention.
When does it expect to do this?
We will replace the existing technical specification at an appropriate time. An 18 month
Beta development phase has just begun. Further work on transition and business change
will be carried out during the Beta phase.
Has the Department estimated the full direct costs to itself of implementing
Streetmanager beyond the Beta stage? What is this estimate?
An 18 month Beta development phase has just begun. Further work on service
arrangements post-Beta will be estimated once the service design work is further
advanced.
If you are unhappy with the way the DfT has handled your request or with the decisions
made in relation to your request, you may complain within two calendar months of the
date of this letter by writing to the DfT’s FOI Advice Team at:
Zone D/04
Ashdown House
Sedlescombe Road North
Hastings
East Sussex TN37 7GA
E-mail:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx.xxx.xx
Please send or copy any follow-up correspondence relating to this request to the FOI
Advice Team to help ensure that it receives prompt attention. Please also remember to
quote the reference number above in any future communications.
Please see attached details of DfT’s complaints procedure and your right to complain to
the Information Commissioner.
Yours sincerely
Peter Colmans
Your right to complain to the DfT and the Information
Commissioner
You have the right to complain within two calendar months of the date of this letter about
the way in which your request for information was handled and/or about the decision not
to disclose all or part of the information requested. In addition a complaint can be made
that DfT has not complied with its FOI publication scheme.
Your complaint will be acknowledged and you will be advised of a target date by which to
expect a response. Initially your complaint will be re-considered by the official who dealt
with your request for information. If, after careful consideration, that official decides that
his/her decision was correct, your complaint will automatically be referred to a senior
independent official who will conduct a further review. You will be advised of the outcome
of your complaint and if a decision is taken to disclose information originally withheld this
will be done as soon as possible.
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:
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