NFRS 2022 110 - ICT procurement

You asked for:

I would like the organisation to provide me with the following departmental documents around ICT and corporate procurement.

Many organisations within your region have different document title names:

1. 2023/24 IT Department Documents; - these types of documents have detailed information on the department's future plans and strategies.

   These documents could include: ICT Strategy/Plan, ICT Department Plan, ICT Financial Plan

2. ICT Org Chart;- with names and job titles
3. Corporate Procurement Strategy that covers 2023/24 and more.

   For all the documents I have requested, please provide me with the 2023/24 documents, I only want to only receive documents that are live and valid. If the document is a strategic plan (e.g. 2020-2025) that covers a set number of years, please provide me with the 2023 version.

   I also require the full version of the documents i have requested, if any parts of the document is missing, please state this in the response

   If this cannot be provided, please provide me with information on when this version will be available.

Our Response:

1. 2023/24 IT Department Documents; - these types of documents have detailed information on the department's future plans and strategies.

   Answer: - No Information Held, the current ICT Strategy Plan for 2023/24 is in development and is not currently live

2. ICT Org Chart ;- with names and job titles

   Answer: -

   The names of individuals, for each individual post has been deemed exempt by virtue of section 40(2) Personal Information of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

   Section 40: - Personal Information

   (2) Any information to which a request for information relates is also exempt information if—

   1. it constitutes personal data which does not fall within subsection (1), and
   2. the first, second or third condition below is satisfied.

   (3A) The first condition is that the disclosure of the information to a member of the public otherwise than under this Act—

   1. would contravene any of the data protection principles, or
   2. would do so if the exemptions in section 24(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018 (manual unstructured data held by public authorities) were disregarded.

   (3B) The second condition is that the disclosure of the information to a member of the public otherwise than under this Act would contravene Article 21 of the GDPR (general processing: right to object to processing).

   (4A) The third condition is that—

   1. on a request under Article 15(1) of the GDPR (general processing: right of access by the data subject) for access to personal data, the information would be withheld in reliance on provision made by or under section 15, 16 or 26 of, or Schedule 2, 3 or 4 to, the Data Protection Act 2018, or

   2. (b) on a request under section 45(1)(b) of that Act (law enforcement processing: right of access by the data subject), the information would be withheld in reliance on subsection (4) of that section.

   Section 40 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 is categorised as an Absolute and Class Based type exemption and therefore does not require a public interest test to be carried nor must Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service articulate the harm in disclosure.

3. Corporate Procurement Strategy that covers 2023/24 and more.

   Answer: - No Information Held, the current Corporate Procurement Strategy for 2023/24 is in development and is not currently live

   We would advise checking again in three months to see if they are available, Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service will be happy to recheck at a later date.