ICT Hardware and Software Strategy
Reference: 24-25188
Date response sent: 22/08/2024
Details of enquiry
- Can you please list the number of devices deployed by your organisation for the following?
Device Type
Desktop PCs
Laptops
Mobile Phones
Printers
Multi Functional Devices (MFDs)
Tablets
Physical Servers
Storage Devices (for example: NAS, SAN)
Networking Infrastructure (for example: Switches, Routers, Interfaces, Wireless Access Points)
Security Infrastructure (for example: Firewalls, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), Virus Monitoring Tools)
- Does your organisation plan to procure any of the below enterprise applications or software, if yes, please provide information in the below format. Please note, if the applications you’re planning to procure are not listed below then do mention them separately.
Content Management System
Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Inventory Management Software
Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) Software
Business Intelligence Systems
Other software/apps (mention the name of the software)
- Do you have any plans to procure End user devices (desktop/laptop/tablet/mobile phones etc)? if yes, please provide information in the below format.
Desktops
Laptops
Mobile Phones
Tablets and Others (Please specify, if Others)
Q4. Do you have any plans to procure below services/softwares? if yes, please provide information in the below format.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Cyber Security
Response sent
| Q1. Can you please list the number of devices deployed by your organisation for the following? | ||
| Device Type | Number of Devices | |
| Desktop PCs | 180 | |
| Laptops | 998 | |
| Mobile Phones | 371 | |
| Printers | 0 | |
| Multi Functional Devices (MFDs) | 19 | |
| Tablets | 11 | |
| Physical Servers | Data withheld under FOIA s31(a) Law Enforcement | See covering email for details of engagment of exemption from publication under FOIA s31(a) |
| Storage Devices (for example: NAS, SAN) | Data withheld under FOIA s31(a) Law Enforcement | See covering email for details of engagment of exemption from publication under FOIA s31(a) |
| Networking Infrastructure (for example: Switches, Routers, Interfaces, Wireless Access Points) | Data withheld under FOIA s31(a) Law Enforcement | See covering email for details for engagment of exemption from publication under FOIA s31(a) |
| Security Infrastructure (for example: Firewalls, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), Virus Monitoring Tools) | Data withheld under FOIA s31(a) Law Enforcement | See covering email for details of engagment of exemption from publication under FOIA s31(a) |
| Q2. Does your organisation plan to procure any of the below enterprise applications or software, if yes, please provide information in the below format.
Please note, if the applications you’re planning to procure are not listed below then do mention them separately. |
2024/25 Spend/Budget (£000) | 2025/26 Spend/Budget (£000) |
| Content Management System | We do not have this system | n/a |
| Supply Chain Management (SCM) | We do not have this system | n/a |
| Inventory Management Software | INTUNE: This is part of a larger system | n/a |
| Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) Software | INTUNE: This is part of a larger system | n/a |
| Business Intelligence Systems | Power BI – £1k | Power BI – circa £1k |
| Other software/apps (mention the name of the software) | None | None |
| Q3. Do you have any plans to procure End user devices (desktop/laptop/tablet/mobile phones etc)? if yes, please provide information in the below format. | 2024/25 Spend/Budget (£000) | 2025/26 Spend/Budget (£000) |
| Desktops | budget unconfirmed, and needs based | budget unconfirmed, and needs based |
| Laptops | £80k | |
| Mobile Phones | budget unconfirmed, and needs based | budget unconfirmed, and needs based |
| Tablets and Others (Please specify, if Others) | budget unconfirmed, and needs based | budget unconfirmed, and needs based |
| Q4. Do you have any plans to procure below services/softwares? if yes, please provide information in the below format. | 2024/25 Spend/Budget (£000) | 2025/26 Spend/Budget (£000) |
| Artificial Intelligence (AI) | none | none |
| Cyber Security | Data withheld under FOIA s31a Law Enforcement | Data withheld under FOIA s31a Law Enforcement See covering email for details of engagment of exemption from publication under FOIA s31(a) |
The Trust has engaged exemption to withhold some of the requested data, where indicated; for parts of questions 1 and 4 under s.31(a) of the FOIA, Law Enforcement: the prevention or detection of crime. This is a qualified exemption that requires the authority (ie this Trust) to carry out the public interest test. We have carried out the public interest test and have set out below the public interest arguments which we have considered:
Arguments in favour of disclosure:
- Promoting accountability and transparency on how public funds are utilised and spent
- Public confidence that the Trust has robust arrangements in place for data storage
Arguments in favour of maintaining the exemption:
- The Trust has a duty to ensure that its information systems and assets are kept secure
- Disclosure of the requested information could facilitate criminal activity, in particular cybercrime, and especially when combined with other information already in the public domain or which could be gleaned from other sources, including any information that the Trust has previously provided or may be forced to disclose in the future.
- Disclosure of the requested information could, therefore, increase vulnerability to malicious attack, including the corruption or loss of data, software, hardware or other equipment, which would impact on the Trust’s ability to provide essential services
- For the reasons given above, disclosure could also adversely affect the security of supplier operations, on whose services the Trust relies.
Weight of Balance
We have concluded that, on balance, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosure.