FOI reference - FOI-343
Date - 13 January 2025
Request
I am keen to understand how Tax payers money if being used on IT within your organisation, and who is responsible for the spends and departments.
Could you please advise what your IT budget looks like for the coming Financial year and who would be responsible for each of the below key IT roles?
| Requested job title | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| IT Procurement Manager | ||
| Commercial Manager | ||
| Director of IT | ||
| Head of IT | ||
| Cyber Security Manager | ||
| Sustainability Manager |
If any of your titles are different please feel free to amend or add additional roles.
Response
I am treating your request as two summarised queries:
- What is your IT budget for 2025 to 2026?
- Who would be responsible for key IT roles?
I confirm that we hold the information you have requested.
However, we are unable to supply some of the information requested for the reason set out below.
Information we are able to supply
Query 1. What is your IT budget for 2025 to 2026?
The total IT budget for 2025 to 2026 is:
- Staff £13,849,000
- Non-staff £14,119,000
- Total £27,968,000
Query 2. Who would be responsible for key IT roles?
| Requested job title | TPR job title | Name | |
|---|---|---|---|
| IT Procurement Manager | Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) Commercial Lead | Liz Chambers | elizabeth.chambers@tpr.gov.uk |
| Commercial Manager | DDaT Business Partner | - | - |
| Director of IT | Director of IT | Richard Dance | richard.dance@tpr.gov.uk |
| Head of IT | Head of IT Operations | Gareth Sumpter | gareth.sumpter@tpr.gov.uk |
| Cyber Security Manager | Cyber Security Manager | - | - |
| Sustainability Manager | Sustainability Manager | Dan Woodard | dan.woodard@tpr.gov.uk |
Information we are not able to supply
Please note that I have not provided the telephone numbers for these individuals.Section 40 – Personal information
I have applied an exemption from disclosure under section 40 (personal information) of the FoIA for the telephone numbers for these individuals.
This is because that information constitutes personal data as defined in the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). Disclosing this would not comply with the data protection principles set out in the GDPR, in particular the requirement for processing to be fair, lawful and transparent (Article 5 (1)(a)), as well as to comply with one of the lawful bases for processing in Article 6.
Please also note:
- the DDaT Business Partner role reports to the DDaT Commercial Lead
- the Cyber Security Manager is an interim role, which is overseen by the Head of IT
Therefore I have included details for the highest key role available only, to be as clear and concise as possible.
Procurement
Should you have any more general queries regarding our procurement processes, please direct these to aprocurement@tpr.gov.uk.
Further information
I note that you would like to understand how we spend taxpayers’ money. If you are not already aware, we publish a detailed annual report and accounts on our website outlining our performance against our corporate priorities.