The Director of Resources gave authority to incur expenditure of £9,210K on the 2021/22 essential hardware and application upgrades outlined in the Delegated Decision Report (£4210K Infrastructure, £5000K Applications and Digital Efficiencies). This includes the specialist resources (internal and external) to commission and implement these services.
The Director of Resources noted that additional sums of £500k carried forward from 2020/21 allocated capital funds will also be utilised to support the planned programme of works.
The Chief Digital Information Officer will be accountable for delivery of the programme of changes and the allocated capital budgets.