ICT Spend

Under the current terms of the Freedom of Information Act please can you provide me with the answers to the following questions - where possible including any recharge costs to a central budget and ICT expenditure occurred through public finance initiatives that are off balance sheet.

1. The total budgeted ICT expenditure (capital and revenue) for your organisation for 2010/11 and 2011/12? 

2. A breakdown of the actual/budgeted or estimate for 2010/11 and 2011/12 according to the following categories for your organisation, indicating the largest supplier for each category were known?

3. If you recharged any portion of this expenditure to another organisation please indicate which organisation and percentage of recharge.

4. If you have allocated spend in the IT outsourcing category, please identify which categories of IT service - as per the table below - are included in the contract(s) involved. If the relative percentages of spend are readily available (ie if you procure for these elements separately) then please also indicate these.

5. Please indicate how you expect the total ICT budget for 2012/13 and 2013/14 to change for your organisation (please tick one only for each year).

6. Please provide a list of all the ICT projects that you are undertaking; the cost of these projects and the estimated completion dates for these projects.  If it is not possible to provide this under the current FoI limits I am happy to accept a listing of your most up to date schedule of contracts or other record of contracts.

Thank you for your e-mail dated 27^th October 2011. I confirm Ordnance Survey does hold the information you have requested, and I respond to each of your questions in turn. 

1. The total budgeted ICT expenditure (capital and revenue) for your organisation for 2010/11 and 2011/12? 

* 2011/12 figures are our forecast budget figures to the end of the year.

2. A breakdown of the actual/budgeted or estimate for 2010/11 and 2011/12 according to the following categories for your organisation, indicating the largest supplier for each category were known?

3. If you recharged any portion of this expenditure to another organisation please indicate which organisation and percentage of recharge.

No portion of this (above) expenditure was recharged to another organisation.

4. If you have allocated spend in the IT outsourcing category, please identify which categories of IT service - as per the table below - are included in the contract(s) involved. If the relative percentages of spend are readily available (ie if you procure for these elements separately) then please also indicate these.

Currently there is no IT outsourcing.

5. Please indicate how you expect the total ICT budget for 2012/13 and 2013/14 to change for your organisation (please tick one only for each year)

6. Please provide a list of all the ICT projects that you are undertaking; the cost of these projects and the estimated completion dates for these projects.  If it is not possible to provide this under the current FoI limits I am happy to accept a listing of your most up to date schedule of contracts or other record of contracts.

Please see below, the information regarding ICT owned and led projects at Ordnance Survey.  The costs for those projects detailed as ‘on going’ is this years forecast costs.

Your enquiry has been processed according to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. As all the requested information has been provided, we have determined that in all the circumstances of this case the Public interest consideration (section 17 FOIA) is not applicable in this instance.

If you are unhappy with our response, you may raise an appeal to our Appeals Officer at:

FOI Appeals Officer
Customer Service Centre
Ordnance Survey
Adanac Drive
SOUTHAMPTON
SO16 0AS

Please include the reference number below. The Appeals Officer will ensure that the process has been followed correctly, questioning any decisions taken regarding the original response and recommending disclosure of additional information if appropriate.

Thank you for your enquiry.

Reference number: FOI11230/October 2011