FOI Request - Digital Services

Request 101002726015

1.     Has your local authority appointed a chief digital officer or digital director (or equivalent job title responsible for overseeing the organisation’s digital transformation)?
 
• Yes
• No
• Not yet but we are budgeting for the role in the future
 
2.     If so, what is your budget (or departmental budget)? Can you provide this budget for the previous three years?
 
3.     Could you outline how much budget was spent on capital vs. operational IT investments in the last financial year?
 
4.     Could you outline how much budget was spent on ‘subscription IT’ (e.g. SaaS cloud services, application subscriptions, etc.) in the last financial year?   
 
5.     Does your local authority measure employee engagement with digital services? (e.g. conduct a regular staff survey or host meetings to discuss whether employees are set up with the right IT to perform their job roles)

• Yes – we have done so regularly since 2019 or before
• Yes – we have started doing this since the start of 2020
• No – but we plan to do so in the next 3-6 months
• No
• Don’t know

6.     Does your local authority measure employee productivity linked to IT / digital investment?

• Yes – we have done so regularly since 2019 or before
• Yes – we have started doing this since the start of 2020
• No – but we plan to do so in the next 3-6 months
• No
• Don’t know

Response 06-05-2021

1. The Transformation Manager post is currently vacant

2. It is part of the ICT budget

3. The capital spend on ICT was £1.56 million. With regards to operational IT investments, in accordance with section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 202 please be advised that this information is not held, but the overall ICT budget is £3.1 million including staffing.

4. The total spend is £465k

5.  Yes we have started doing this since the start of 2020

6. No