FOI reference - FOI-154
Date - 29 August 2023
Request
Please could you provide me with the attached information about your organisation's ICT expenditure. Please include expenditure for the period April to March (or closest period based on your financial year). Please include revenue and capital expenditure, if possible:
- Networking Services (please exclude equipment - see below.)
- Networking Equipment (please exclude services - see above.)
- Mobility Services (Includes mobile voice (calls), messaging and data. If possible, please exclude cost of mobile devices.)
- Mobile Devices (Mobile handsets or smartphones. If possible, please exclude cost of mobile services - see above.)
- Fixed Line Services (Line rental or broadband. Please exclude mobile services.)
- Fixed Line Devices (Telephones and conferencing equipment.)
- Security Equipment (Example: network firewall (hardware, not software)).
Please do not include spend through a managed service.
Response
I confirm that we hold the information you have requested, which is presented in the table below.
| Item | 2022 to 2023 | Expenditure type | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Networking services | £0 | Revenue | Internally managed service |
| Networking equipment | £103,709 | Capital | This expenditure was to set up a new network at The Pensions Regulator's (TPR) new office and is not average annual expenditure. |
| Mobility services | £17,570 | Revenue | N/A |
| Mobile devices | £0 | N/A | Mobile phones are transferred between users and only bought in small numbers when needed. |
| Fixed line services | £0 | Revenue | Managed service |
| Fixed line devices | £183,822 | Capital | This expenditure was to set up new model office conferencing equipment. This is not average annual expenditure. |
|
Security equipment |
£0 | N/A | No hardware-specific purchases. |
* All costs are inclusive of VAT
Please note the following:
- Much of the expenditure above relates to items purchased as part of the move to our new office and should not be taken as typical annual expenditure.
- TPR uses managed services widely across its estate and these costs have been excluded.