Request for information regarding IT provided to STFC

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Dear Science and Technology Facilities Council,
Re: UK Shared Business Service (UK SBS) charges for all IT provided to your individual Research Council

Under the FOI Act I want to know how much UK SBS has charged your Research Council for all the IT services that you take from UK SBS. This is including but not limited to the provision, support, updating development, management and maintaining of IT services to Research Council staff in the financial years 2015-16, 2016-17 and currently in 2017 (April to October). I also want to know how many people in your Research Council that UK SBS provided IT support to during each of those time periods.

I would also like to know the following from UK SBS
1) how many permanent, temporary and contract staff that UK SBS has employed in each of the financial periods above to provide, support, develop, manage and maintain IT services to Research Council staff
2) The total cost of these staff to UK SBS in each of the financial periods above
3) The process that UK SBS follows to ensure that it gives good value for money for its services as it spends what is essentially public money
4) How much the UK SBS Chief Technology Officer has been paid (approximately eg by salary scale or band) for each of the financial periods above, including details of any bonuses in these time periods

Yours faithfully,

Paul Smith

Science and Technology Facilities Council

For the Attention of:  Paul Smith

 

Email: Paul Smith mailto:[FOI #443400 email]  

 

Our reference: FoI20171104-02

Subject:  IT Information

Acknowledgement of request

 

 

 

Dear  Paul,

 

Thank-you for your enquiry (set out below) which is now being dealt with
under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 Information
Regulations 2004 by our Information Management team. 

 

We aim to complete the enquiry within the 20 working days allowed by the
Act.  If some information is not available within that timescale I will
inform you as soon as possible.

 

 

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, I will
let you know the likely charges before proceeding. 

 

Please note that STFC may publish any response it makes to you on its
website.  Your personal details will be redacted.

 

If you have any queries about this response, please contact me, quoting
the reference number above.

 

Regards,

Denise

Denise Francis

FoI & Records Manager

Science & Technology Facilities Council

Polaris House

North Star Avenue

Swindon

SN2 1SZ

 

Tel: 01793 442184

Email: [STFC request email]     

 

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From 1 April 2018, STFC will form part of UK Research and Innovation, a
non-departmental public body funded by a grant-in-aid from the UK
Government. More information can be found at www.ukri.org

 

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Text of Your request

 

Dear Science and Technology Facilities Council,

Re: UK Shared Business Service (UK SBS) charges for all IT provided to
your individual Research Council

 

Under the FOI Act I want to know how much UK SBS has charged your Research
Council for all the IT services that you take from UK SBS. This is
including but not limited to the provision, support, updating development,
management and maintaining of IT services to Research Council staff in the
financial years 2015-16, 2016-17 and currently in 2017 (April to October).
I also want to know how many people in your Research Council that UK SBS
provided IT support to during each of those time periods.

 

I would also like to know the following from UK SBS

1) how many permanent, temporary and contract staff that UK SBS has
employed in each of the financial periods above to provide, support,
develop, manage and maintain IT services to Research Council staff

2) The total cost of these staff to UK SBS in each of the financial
periods above

3) The process that UK SBS follows to ensure that it gives good value for
money for its services as it spends what is essentially public money

4) How much the UK SBS Chief Technology Officer has been paid
(approximately eg by salary scale or band) for each of the financial
periods above, including details of any bonuses in these time periods

 

 

 

Science and Technology Facilities Council

Dear Paul,

 

Further to my acknowledgement to you (below)  I have discussed with UKSBS
colleagues and we consider that UKSBS should respond to you. 

 

I can transfer the request to them if you wish, or you can contact them.

 

Please let me know your decision.

 

Regards,

 Denise

 

Denise Francis,

FoI, DP and Records Manager

Science and Technology Facilities Council

Polaris House

North Star Avenue

Swindon,

Wiltshire

SN2 1SZ

 

Tel: +44 (0) 1793 442184

Email: [1][STFC request email]

 

 

From 1 April 2018, STFC will form part of UK Research and Innovation, a
non-departmental public body funded by a grant-in-aid from the UK
Government. More information can be found at [2]www.ukri.org