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Publication - FOI/EIR release

Cost of contract extension for the Disclosure Scotland IT system: FOI release

Published
23 October 2018
Topic
Public sector

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

FOI reference: FOI/18/02692  
Date received: 26 Spetember 2018  
Date responded: 23 October 2018
 
Information requested
 
  1. Details of the cost of the extension of the BT contract for the Disclosure Scotland IT system.
  2. Details of any additional costs to make the new IT system ready by March 2019, in light of the system not being ready by September 2018. 

 

Response
 
  1. Our current contract with BT started 01 October 2018 and will complete on 31 March 2019. This is expected to cost £4.382 million.
  2. Disclosure Scotland’s new Technology platform PASS (Protecting and Safeguarding Scotland) began processing applications in June 2018. We will continue to add further functionality, that will enable us to process all of our caseload, which will require additional investment. Over the period 01 October 2018 to 31 March 2019 this is estimated to cost £5.40 million.
     
About FOI
 
The Scottish Government is committed to publishing all information released in response to Freedom of Information requests. View all FOI responses at http://www.gov.scot/foi-responses
 

Contact

Please quote the FOI reference
Central Enquiry Unit 
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000

The Scottish Government 
St Andrew's House 
Regent Road 
Edinburgh 
EH1 3DG
 

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