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IT budget - 827/18

Date Responded 18 September 2018

Provision of information held by Northumbria Police made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the 'Act')

As you may be aware the purpose of the Act is to allow a general right of access to information held at the time of a request, by a Public Authority (including the Police), subject to certain limitations and exemptions.

You asked:

1.   What is your IT budget for FY 2018? Please provide a total budget, as well as a breakdown of how much budget will go towards each of the below:

a.   Maintenance of current IT infrastructure

b.   Investment in digital transformation*

c.   Third-party management of IT infrastructure 

(*By digital transformation, we mean any large-scale technological projects which aim to create efficiencies within your specific police force.) 

2. Which tools or systems* do you currently use to collaborate with other police forces and partner agencies? Please list all of these below 

(*By tools or systems, we mean software-specific collaboration tools such as email, unified communications solutions, shared databases, video conferencing technology etc.) 

3. Do you have any plans in place to adopt a cloud-first strategy over the next 1 – 5 years? If so, how much do you plan to invest in this? 

In Response:

We have now had the opportunity to fully consider your request and I provide a response for your attention. 

Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted with the ICT and Finance Department of Northumbria Police. I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by Northumbria Police. 

I am able to disclose the located information to you as follows. 

1. Approved  capital budget 2018/19 is £16,384,000

a. Investment in digital transformation from the approved programme £4,067,000

b. Investment in digital transformation from the approved programme £3,947,000

c. £368,350 

2. Skype, Email, Egress, national systems 

3. We have a strategic intention to move towards a cloud first strategy but only when the solution provides a better or more cost effective solution. There are no plans in place at present. 

Disclaimer

Due to the different methods of recording information across 43 forces, a specific response from one constabulary should not be seen as an indication of what information could be supplied (within cost) by another. Systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. For this reason responses between forces may differ, and should not be used for comparative purposes.

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