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IT and Microsoft Licences -11102018-1

Question

  1. What is the current number of staff who use a PC or a laptop within your organisation?
  2. What are the current Microsoft software licences (server and desktop) that you are using?
  3. What is your annual IT spend on Microsoft licences?
  4. Has your organisation moved, or is planning to move, to the Cloud in the next 12 months?
  5. Are you due to undertake a review of your software estate in the next 12 months?
  6. What is the name of the decision maker for IT spend in your organisation?

Answer

I am writing to advise you that, following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that some the information you requested is held by the Office of the Northamptonshire Police and Crime Commissioner.

  1. What is the current number of staff who use a PC or a laptop within your organisation?
    22
  2. What are the current Microsoft software licences (server and desktop) that you are using? The Office of the Northamptonshire Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) and Northamptonshire Police are two separate legal entities. IT support and systems are provided to the OPCC by Northamptonshire Police’s Information Services Department. Information about software licences and spend is not held by the OPCC. Northamptonshire Police’s Information Unit may hold some of the information you are seeking. If you have not already done so, then you may wish to write to Trina Kightley-Jones, Freedom of Information and Data Protection Team Leader, Information Unit, Force Headquarters, Wootton Hall, Northampton, NN4 0JQ / freedomofinformation@northants.police.uk
  3. What is your annual IT spend on Microsoft licences?
    Please see answer to question 2
  4. Has your organisation moved, or is planning to move, to the Cloud in the next 12 months?
    Please see answer to question 2
  5. Are you due to undertake a review of your software estate in the next 12 months?
    Please see answer to question 2
  6. What is the name of the decision maker for IT spend in your organisation?
    Simon Clifford is the Director for Technology and Digital Transformation for the OPCC.