Freedom of information response

1. What ERP (Enterprise Resource Management) or Finance system is currently used at Thurrock Council? Oracle Cloud

2. When does your contract expire? 31/08/24

3. Do you have any planned upgrades of the software? If so, when? There are no planned upgrades currently.

4. Are you planning to go to market for a replacement ERP/ Finance system?

If so, when? This is not known yet.

5. Who is the person responsible for your ERP / Finance system? Please provide full name, title and contact information if possible.  S.40 restricts the requested information.

6. What is the annual contract value of the software? Information can be found on our contracts register - https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/our-contracts/current-contracts

Unfortunately we are unable to provide in full the information you have requested.  We do hold the information, but an absolute exemption applies. Personal Information (Section 40,2)

Personal data of any other person (third party data) is exempt under section 40(2) if disclosure would breach of the data protection principles.  This aspect of Section 40 is an Absolute Exemption and is therefore not subject to the Public Interest Test. 

This means we have balanced the legitimate interests of the public in having access to the information (under FOI a disclosure is a publication to the world at large) against the interests of the individual under the first principle of the Data Protection Act.

The addresses requested are personal data specific to the occupiers.  It is therefore subject to the provisions of the Data Protection Act.  Information can be withheld if its disclosure would be likely to breach one or more of the Principles of the Data Protection Act.  There is no prior expectation that their addresses would be published into the wider public domain under FOI.  A disclosure made under FOI constitutes a publication to the world at large.

In issuing our response the Council has applied S21 of the Freedom of Information Act.

This means that the information you have requested is already available elsewhere so is therefore exempt from disclosure.