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ICT Staffing Levels & Budget 2025/26
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Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information regarding the Council's Information Technology (ICT) and Digital services for the financial year 2025/26:
1. Overall Council:
a) Overall Council Gross Revenue/Expenditure Budget: The total Gross Revenue/Expenditure Budget for the 2025/26 financial year, before deducting Grants, Sales Fees and Charges and Other Income
b) Total Council Staff Headcount: The total number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff currently employed within the Council.
c) Population served by the Council: The number of citizens locally resident within the council area.
2. ICT/Digital Services Department:
a) ICT/Digital Budget: The total controllable Revenue Budget allocated to the ICT/Digital department for the 2025/26 financial year.
b) Total IT/Digital Headcount: The total number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff currently employed within the Council's central ICT and Digital services department/s.
c) Structure: A copy of the current organisational chart for the ICT/Digital department.
d) Schools: Whether the ICT/Digital Services Department supports Schools within the Council area, how many FTE staff are dedicated to schools support and please specify if this figure is included in the main ICT budget above or is held separately
3. IT Outsourcing:
a) Outsourced Services: Which ICT functions are outsourced to 3rd party providers (this is services such as the whole ICT service, Servicedesk, Cloud Management etc) – this should not include licensing, subscriptions or hardware maintenance
b) Outsourced Services Costs: The specific annual budget allocated for each of the outsourced services. Please specify if this figure is included in the main ICT budget above or is held separately (e.g., in a Risk or Governance budget).
