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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 455-2023
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 27th April 2023 as follows:
Q1. Can you advise me on who are the Key People to talk to in the organisation ref ICT:
Purchasing Manager
Head ICT
Desktops/Notebook Manager
ICT Director
Service Delivery Manager
ICT Project Managers
Name, Email, Phone
Q2. What is your annual ICT Spend 2023/2024
On 11th May 2023 a request for clarification was sent to you as follows:
Regarding Q2:
The ‘ICT’ spend for 2023/2024 will only include spend for the month of April 2023 (from the 1st April 2023 to the date of request), which will provide a very minimal return. Therefore, did you mean to request the 2023/24 ICT budget instead?
Additionally, do you require the response to include the Digital Services department, which covers staff salaries, running costs etc, or are you requesting the information in relation to ICT suppliers only?
On 12th May 2023 you provided the following clarification:
Yes please, the budget for 23/24.
ICT staff only
Please find the Warwickshire Police response set out below.
Q1 response: With regard to the request for personal email addresses and names of some staff who hold specific posts, I am not obliged to supply the information you have requested as it is exempt.
Section 17 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 requires Warwickshire Police, when refusing to provide such information (because the information is exempt) to provide you the applicant with a notice which:
(a) states that fact,
(b) specifies the exemption in question and
(c) states (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption applies.
The exemption applicable to the requested information is:
Section 40(2) Personal information
Section 40(2) is an absolute class-based exemption, which does not require evidence of the harm disclosure would cause and does not require consideration of a public interest test.
Please be advised that any information released as a result of a Freedom of Information request, in effect, is being released into the public domain. Therefore, it could subsequently be published or would have to be made available to any member of the public if it were requested.
Any information that relates to an individual, or from which an individual could be identified, constitutes personal data and to release information that constitutes personal data into the public domain contravenes the Data Protection Act 2018. The information that you have requested relates to personal data and/or personal data of a third party/parties and therefore it is exempt from disclosure, the exemption that applies to this type of information is Section 40 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
In accordance with the Act, this letter represents a Refusal Notice for this element of your request. Please see the information I am able to provide set out below.
Purchasing Manager – James Viggers.
Head ICT – No information held.
Desktops/Notebook Manager – No information held.
ICT Director – Steve Russell.
Service Delivery Manager – The force does have a Service Delivery Manager; name exempt by virtue of section 40(2).
ICT Project Managers – The force has various projects with managers, but none that hold the title of ICT project manager.
Procurement Manager James Viggers can be contacted via the generic Procurement email address set out below, or by calling 101.
The ICT Director and Service Delivery Manager can be contacted via the force website at the link below, or by calling 101.
Contact us | Warwickshire Police
Q2 response: £1,419,972. The budgeted amount includes all officer and staff pay costs, national insurance contributions, apprenticeship levy, pension, stand-by and overtime payments.
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is as accurate as possible.
Your attention is drawn to the below which details your right of complaint.
Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write or email the Freedom of Information Unit quoting the reference number above.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Officer
Freedom of Information Unit
Warwickshire Police
PO Box 4
Leek Wootton
Warwickshire
CV35 7QB