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Request:
I would be grateful if you could provide the following details regarding your police force’s IT expenditure for the past three fiscal years (from 2021/22 to 2023/24):
Q1. Total IT Expenditure:
- Please provide the overall IT expenditure for each of the last three fiscal years.
Q2. Software Expenditure:
- Please provide the total spend on software for each of the last three fiscal years. This should include initial software licence fees, software maintenance fees, and subscription fees but should exclude associated services such as installation.
Q3. Software Expenditure within Investigation Departments:
- Please provide a breakdown of the total spend on software, as defined above, specifically within investigation departments for each of the last three fiscal years. This should relate to software primarily used by investigation teams, as opposed to being used across the wider police force.
- If possible, please provide a breakdown of the total spend on software, as defined above, specifically within each investigation department (e.g. cyber crime, economic crime, etc) listed above for each of the last three fiscal years. This should relate to software primarily used by investigation teams, as opposed to being used across the wider police force
Response:
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Q1. Please see the table below showing the total IT expenditure for the last three financial years.
Financial Year |
Amount |
2021/22 |
£9,311,342.00 |
2022/23 |
£9,915,689.00 |
2023/24 |
£10,253,681.00 |
Total |
£29,480,712.00 |
Q2. Please see the table below showing the total software expenditure for the last three financial years.
Financial Year |
Amount |
2021/22 |
£3,782,805.00 |
2022/23 |
£4,175,152.00 |
2023/24 |
£4,431,329.00 |
Total |
£12,389,286.00 |
Q3. Please see the table below showing the total software expenditure within investigation departments for the last three financial years.
Financial Year |
Amount |
2021/22 |
£44,567.00 |
2022/23 |
£45,946.00 |
2023/24 |
£47,945.00 |
Total |
£138,458.00 |
Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.