Software

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Victoria Taylor

Dear Dorset Council,

Please could you provide the following information regarding your current Software System:
1. What Software Systems are currently used by the Council for Planning, Land Charges, Building control and Public Protection/Licencing/Environmental Health?
2. When does each contract expire ?
3. How much does each system cost annually?
4. Are you planning to go to market for a different Software System? If so, when?
5. How many users / licenses for each system do you have?
6. Who is the person responsible for your Software System? Please provide full name, title and contact information if possible

Yours faithfully,

Yours faithfully,

Victoria Taylor

Freedom of Information, Dorset Council

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Dear Victoria Taylor

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Software Systems

If you have submitted a request under the Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) or the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR), your request
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Dear Ms Taylor,

 

Information Request – reference no. DC0514

 

Thank you for your information request dated 17^th July, which has been
dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

 

Please note: Dorset Council was created from 1^st April 2019 covering the
areas/services of the following former councils – Dorset County Council,
East Dorset District Council, Dorset Councils Partnership (made up of
North Dorset District Council, West Dorset District Council and Weymouth &
Portland Borough Council) and Purbeck District Council.

 

Dorset Council’s response to your request is attached and comprises the
responses provided by these former councils; this means that you will not
receive separate responses from the former councils.

 

Please find attached Excel spreadsheets containing the information
requested. We have had to answer this request based on each former council
as Dorset Council has not yet converged all of its IT systems, meaning
different ex-councils are currently using different software.

 

We should point out we are awaiting the expiry dates and annual costs for
the software used at the former Dorset Councils Partnership; the team
providing their information stated that the dates and costs were publicly
available through our online contracts register, however we discovered
this is not actually the case. We have therefore asked them to provide the
dates and costs to us and we shall pass them on once received.

 

You may wish to know that you can now submit requests to Dorset Council
via our e-form at
[1]https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/your-co....

 

If you are unhappy with the way your request has been handled, you may ask
for an internal review. Please email [2][email address] or
write to FOI Team, County Hall, Colliton Park, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1XJ
if you wish to request a review. If you are not content with the outcome
of the internal review, you then have the right to apply directly to the
Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can
be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water
Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

 

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this does not stop us from copying information to you, it means that
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without the permission of the person who owns the copyright.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Freedom of Information Team

Legal and Democratic Services

 

Dorset Council

 

[3]dorsetcouncil.gov.uk

 

[4]Facebook.com/DorsetCouncilUK

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Freedom of Information, Dorset Council

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Dear Ms Taylor,

 

Further to our response to your request below, we have now received a full
response from the former Dorset Councils Partnership; please find attached
an updated spreadsheet.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Freedom of Information Team

Legal and Democratic Services

 

Dorset Council

 

[1]dorsetcouncil.gov.uk

 

[2]Facebook.com/DorsetCouncilUK

[3]Twitter.com/DorsetCouncilUK

[4]Instagram.com/DorsetCouncilUK

 

 

To receive the latest news from Dorset Council by email, visit

[5]dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/e-newsletter

 

From: Freedom of Information
Sent: 14 August 2019 15:48
To: '[FOI #589869 email]'
<[FOI #589869 email]>
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - Software

 

Dear Ms Taylor,

 

Information Request – reference no. DC0514

 

Thank you for your information request dated 17^th July, which has been
dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

 

Please note: Dorset Council was created from 1^st April 2019 covering the
areas/services of the following former councils – Dorset County Council,
East Dorset District Council, Dorset Councils Partnership (made up of
North Dorset District Council, West Dorset District Council and Weymouth &
Portland Borough Council) and Purbeck District Council.

 

Dorset Council’s response to your request is attached and comprises the
responses provided by these former councils; this means that you will not
receive separate responses from the former councils.

 

Please find attached Excel spreadsheets containing the information
requested. We have had to answer this request based on each former council
as Dorset Council has not yet converged all of its IT systems, meaning
different ex-councils are currently using different software.

 

We should point out we are awaiting the expiry dates and annual costs for
the software used at the former Dorset Councils Partnership; the team
providing their information stated that the dates and costs were publicly
available through our online contracts register, however we discovered
this is not actually the case. We have therefore asked them to provide the
dates and costs to us and we shall pass them on once received.

 

You may wish to know that you can now submit requests to Dorset Council
via our e-form at
[6]https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/your-co....

 

If you are unhappy with the way your request has been handled, you may ask
for an internal review. Please email [7][email address] or
write to FOI Team, County Hall, Colliton Park, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1XJ
if you wish to request a review. If you are not content with the outcome
of the internal review, you then have the right to apply directly to the
Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can
be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water
Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

 

The copyright in any information provided may belong to another person and
is protected under the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988. Although
this does not stop us from copying information to you, it means that
unless the Act allows you to copy the information, you must not copy it
without the permission of the person who owns the copyright.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Freedom of Information Team

Legal and Democratic Services

 

Dorset Council

 

[8]dorsetcouncil.gov.uk

 

[9]Facebook.com/DorsetCouncilUK

[10]Twitter.com/DorsetCouncilUK

[11]Instagram.com/DorsetCouncilUK

 

 

To receive the latest news from Dorset Council by email, visit

[12]dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/e-newsletter

 

 

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