Intranet Queries

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Dear Planning Inspectorate,

I am writing to make a request for all the information to which I am entitled under Freedom of Information Act 2000. My requests are outlined below as specifically as possible to help you retrieve the information required. However, if any of the below is unclear, I would appreciate if you could contact me as I understand that under the act, you are required to assist requesters.

Please could you provide the following information:

1) How many employees are working for your organisation, including full-time, part-time, and contracted staff?
2) What is your annual intranet budget?
3) What is your current intranet solution? (e.g. Invotra, Sharepoint, Kahootz, Umbraco)
4) How long have you been using this solution, and when does your contract expire?
5) Do you work with an external partner to supply your intranet? If not, do you develop your intranet internally?
6) Which team/individual is responsible for managing your intranet internally?
7) Which other organisations have access to your intranet?
8) Do you share IT services with other organisations?
9) Are you using the Office 365 suite? If so, which applications from the suite are in use?
10) Who is responsible for your intranet’s procurement within the organisation?
11) Do you use Microsoft’s Active Directory to manage your people data? If so, is your Active Directory (AD) managed on-premise or in the cloud?
12) Do you use any other Software as a Service (SaaS) applications? (e.g. Atlassian/Jira, Slack, Trello, Xero)
If possible, please could you present the information via a Microsoft Word or Excel document, sent to me via email. I understand that under the act, I should be entitled to a response within 20 days and therefore I would appreciate if you could confirm receipt of my request.

Yours faithfully,

Louis James

PINS FOI Requests, Planning Inspectorate

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Gray, Ashley, Planning Inspectorate

Dear Mr James

Thank you for your email of 28 October, setting out your request under the Freedom of Information Act.

In response:

1) How many employees are working for your organisation, including full-time, part-time, and contracted staff? - the Planning Inspectorate currently has 880 staff, including agency and contractors.

2) What is your annual intranet budget? - £300 per month

3) What is your current intranet solution? (e.g. Invotra, Sharepoint, Kahootz, Umbraco) - Wordpress

4) How long have you been using this solution, and when does your contract expire? - Since April 2016. Contract expires 30 Sept 2020

5) Do you work with an external partner to supply your intranet? If not, do you develop your intranet internally? - Yes, we work with an external partner

6) Which team/individual is responsible for managing your intranet internally? - our Webteam

7) Which other organisations have access to your intranet? - none

8) Do you share IT services with other organisations? - Yes, MHCLG & Gov WiFi

9) Are you using the Office 365 suite? If so, which applications from the suite are in use? - All core O365 applications are currently made available as part from those services where data is not stored in the UK (Sway).

10) Who is responsible for your intranet’s procurement within the organisation? - Communications Team

11) Do you use Microsoft’s Active Directory to manage your people data? If so, is your Active Directory (AD) managed on-premise or in the cloud? - Yes, in the cloud

12) Do you use any other Software as a Service (SaaS) applications? (e.g. Atlassian/Jira, Slack, Trello, Xero) - Yes, Payroll; Jira

Yours sincerely

Ashley Gray
Complaints Officer
Customer Quality Team
The Planning Inspectorate
3H hawk, Wing, Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Temple Quay, Bristol, BS1 6PN
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-----Original Message-----
From: Louis James <[FOI #615895 email]>
Sent: 28 October 2019 10:00
To: PINS FOI Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Intranet Queries

Dear Planning Inspectorate,

I am writing to make a request for all the information to which I am entitled under Freedom of Information Act 2000. My requests are outlined below as specifically as possible to help you retrieve the information required. However, if any of the below is unclear, I would appreciate if you could contact me as I understand that under the act, you are required to assist requesters.

Please could you provide the following information:

1) How many employees are working for your organisation, including full-time, part-time, and contracted staff?
2) What is your annual intranet budget?
3) What is your current intranet solution? (e.g. Invotra, Sharepoint, Kahootz, Umbraco)
4) How long have you been using this solution, and when does your contract expire?
5) Do you work with an external partner to supply your intranet? If not, do you develop your intranet internally?
6) Which team/individual is responsible for managing your intranet internally?
7) Which other organisations have access to your intranet?
8) Do you share IT services with other organisations?
9) Are you using the Office 365 suite? If so, which applications from the suite are in use?
10) Who is responsible for your intranet’s procurement within the organisation?
11) Do you use Microsoft’s Active Directory to manage your people data? If so, is your Active Directory (AD) managed on-premise or in the cloud?
12) Do you use any other Software as a Service (SaaS) applications? (e.g. Atlassian/Jira, Slack, Trello, Xero) If possible, please could you present the information via a Microsoft Word or Excel document, sent to me via email. I understand that under the act, I should be entitled to a response within 20 days and therefore I would appreciate if you could confirm receipt of my request.

Yours faithfully,

Louis James

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