ICT Department and Budgets

  • Reference Number: 2599
  • Date released: 03 August 2010

Request

  1. Could you please provide me with the 2009/10 and 2010/11 total ICT budgets for your organisation?
  2. Where possible could you please break down your budget for 2009/10 and 2010/11 according to the following categories?  I do understand that for some organisations, information will not always be available and broken down the way I ask for it. However, any information which you are able to provide would be most helpful and appreciated. If you are unable to assign a value to any of the specific categories, please could you explain why this is the case.
  3. Could you please indicate how you expect the total ICT budget for 2011/12 to change for your organisation?
  • (a) increase by more than 10%
  • (b) increase by less than 10%
  • (c) remain the same
  • (d) decrease by up to 10%
  • (e) decrease by more than 10%

Response

In accordance with section 1 (1) (b) of the Act our response is provided below;

Questions 1 and 2

ICT budget 2009/10 2010/11 Capital / Revenue
Hardware      
Desktop computers 55,000 150,000 Capital
Portable computers 30,000 25,000 Capital
Servers 50,000 50,000 Capital
Storage 49,000 25,000 Capital
Peripherals 0 0  
Network equipments 0 100,000 Capital
IT consumables      
  184,000 350,000  
Software      
Application licenses 0 0  
Middleware licences 0 0  
System licences 0 0  
  0 0  
Services      
Hardware maintenance 302,759 264,615 Revenue
Software maintenance 1,562,419 1,474,904 Revenue
Custom software 0 0  
IT outsourcing 0 0  
Managed comms 1,544,002 1,410,485 Revenue
IT consultancy 0 0  
Education / training 0 0  
System integration 0 0  
  3,409,180 3,150,004  
Communications      
Fixed line 1,024,606 957,135 Revenue
Wireless 786,210 808,943 Revenue
Networking equipment 1,810,816 1,766,078  
       
Premises 24,187 32,478  
       
Transport 28,732 27,033  
       
Other supplies and services 59,257 58,961  
       
ICT staff 1,872,376 1,756,174 Revenue
       
Income -49,756 -59,966  
       
Total revenue 7,154,792 6,730,762  
       
Total capital 184,000 350,000  
       
Total all 7,338,792 7,080,762  

Question 3

D - increase by up to 10%

Please Note

You will also find that a considerable amount of information regarding our ITS structure has already been published on our disclosure log from previous FOI requests along with financial information which together may be of some use to you.

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