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Under the Freedom of Information Act (2000) can you please answer the below questions.

1. Has your local authority appointed a chief digital officer or digital director (or equivalent job title responsible for overseeing the organisation’s digital transformation)?
Yes.

2. If so, what is your budget (or departmental budget)? Can you provide this budget for the previous three years?
The councils financial plan is available on the Councils website at https://www.wokingham.gov.uk/council-and-meetings/open-data/plans-policies-and-strategies/?categoryesctl91f252ff-550d-4cfa-a838-92ef2cb5f83c=7742

The Councils 2021-2026 Digital and Technology Strategy being publish in summer 2021 will contain a yearly road map.

3. Could you outline how much budget was spent on capital vs. operational IT investments in the last financial year?
Capital Budget can be seen in Councils MTFP, Operational = 1.56m UKP.

4. Could you outline how much budget was spent on ‘subscription IT’ (e.g. SaaS cloud services, application subscriptions, etc.) in the last financial year?
£1.06 UKP

5. Does your local authority measure employee engagement with digital services? (e.g. conduct a regular staff survey or host meetings to discuss whether employees are set up with the right IT to perform their job roles)
Yes – we have done so regularly since 2019 or before

6. Does your local authority measure employee productivity linked to IT / digital investment?
No

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