Request
Under the Freedom of Information Act, could you please provide information, relating to your IT Department, as attached:
1 What is the name & title of the Director responsible for IT?
2 What is the name & title of the person responsible for Strategic IT Planning?
3 What is the name & title of the person responsible for Green Issues?
4 With recent government announcements regarding local government spending, what percentage of financial savings is likely to be necessary within IT in 2010/2011? What is this value in monetary terms?
5 How many machine rooms / datacentres do you operate?
6 Do you have a Business Continuity Plan
7 Do you have a Disaster Recovery Plan
8 Do you collaborate with other Public Sector organizations in shared IT services/facilities?
For each primary datacentre(s), please answer questions 9-22.
9 When was the building built? (after 1990, 1970-80s, pre-1980s)
10 Is the building listed or otherwise constrained with regard to making changes
to it?
11 How full is the datacentre (in percentage terms)?
12 What power capacity is already used (in percentage terms)?
13 Has the datacentre suffered a power outage in the last 3 years? How many
(few 1-3, >3)?
14 What percentage of air conditioning capacity is already utilised?
15 How many years since the datacentre's last major refurbishment?
16 How many years since the air conditioning's last major refurbishment?
17 Is the datacentre susceptible to flooding or other disasters?
(e.g. near main road, flight path, under biochemistry lab, within terrorist area)
18 Is there an automatic fire supression system?
19 Does it have standby generators?
20 Does it have spare UPS units to cover for one failing?
21 Does it have spare air conditioning units to cover for one failing?
22 What Tier rating is your datacentre?
Our Response
I refer to your email requesting information in respect of NHS East Midlands IT Department.
I can confirm in accordance with S.1 (1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) that we do hold most of the information that you have requested. I will address each of your questions in turn:
1 What is the name & title of the Director responsible for IT?
2 What is the name & title of the person responsible for Strategic IT Planning?
3 What is the name & title of the person responsible for Green Issues?
4 With recent government announcements regarding local government spending, what percentage of financial savings is likely to be necessary within IT in 2010/2011? What is this value in monetary terms?
5 How many machine rooms / datacentres do you operate?
6 Do you have a Business Continuity Plan
7 Do you have a Disaster Recovery Plan
8 Do you collaborate with other Public Sector organizations in shared IT services/facilities?
For each primary datacentre(s), please answer questions 9-22.
9 When was the building built? (after 1990, 1970-80s, pre-1980s)
10 Is the building listed or otherwise constrained with regard to making changes to it?
11 How full is the datacentre (in percentage terms)?
12 What power capacity is already used (in percentage terms)?
13 Has the datacentre suffered a power outage in the last 3 years? How many (few 1-3, >3)?
14 What percentage of air conditioning capacity is already utilised?
15 How many years since the datacentre's last major refurbishment?
16 How many years since the air conditioning's last major refurbishment?
17 Is the datacentre susceptible to flooding or other disasters? (e.g. near main road, flight path, under biochemistry lab, within terrorist area)
18 Is there an automatic fire supression system?
19 Does it have standby generators?
20 Does it have spare UPS units to cover for one failing?
21 Does it have spare air conditioning units to cover for one failing?
22 What Tier rating is your datacentre?
I hope that this information is of use. If you are dissatisfied with the way in which we have dealt with your request you can ask us to review our decision by writing to:-
Mr Moosa Patel
Director of Corporate Affairs
NHS East Midlands
Octavia House
Interchange Business Park
Bostock's Lane
Sandiacre
Nottingham
NG10 5QG
If at the conclusion of any review you remain dissatisfied you may complain to the Information Commissioner who can be contacted at:-
The Office of the Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
