Response 3503391

Response to request for information

Reference

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Response date

xx xxx 2024

Request

1. Please list the departments that conduct investigations into issues / breaches of policy (e.g. for fraud, planning enforcement, licensing, etc.) in your council?
1. Please list the approximate number of FTEs (full time employees) that work on investigations in each department?
2. If not covered in question 1.a., please also note the number of total FTEs focused on fraud (and note the number of fraud specialists specifically) in your council?
2. Considering third-party investigative software (e.g. for case management, financial investigation, covert operations, etc.), is this software typically procured by a centralised council IT team or by each investigation department?
3. What was your councils overall spend on third-party investigative software last year? £…k 
4. In percentage terms, approximately how has your overall spend on third-party investigative software, on an annual basis, changed over the past 3 years?

1. Why (e.g. increase in number of users within existing departments, increase in departments, adopting new software, price increases, etc.)?

5. Please populate the below table, specifying if your council uses the listed third-party investigative software categories, noting your annual spend for each and your current software provider(s) if so.
   Note that the total annual spend across the below categories should approximately sum to the overall annual spend on third-party investigative software, as per Q3.

Response

1. Please list the departments that conduct investigations into issues / breaches of policy (e.g. for fraud, planning enforcement, licensing, etc.) in your council?
1. Please list the approximate number of FTEs (full time employees) that work on investigations in each department? Planning enforcement officers 2.2, Licensing officers and Env Health officers as part of their roles
2. If not covered in question 1.a., please also note the number of total FTEs focused on fraud (and note the number of fraud specialists specifically) in your council? Not applicable
2. Considering third-party investigative software (e.g. for case management, financial investigation, covert operations, etc.), is this software typically procured by a centralised council IT team or by each investigation department? Not applicable
3. What was your councils overall spend on third-party investigative software last year? £…k  Not applicable
4. In percentage terms, approximately how has your overall spend on third-party investigative software, on an annual basis, changed over the past 3 years? Not applicable

1. Why (e.g. increase in number of users within existing departments, increase in departments, adopting new software, price increases, etc.)?

5. Please populate the below table, specifying if your council uses the listed third-party investigative software categories, noting your annual spend for each and your current software provider(s) if so.
   Note that the total annual spend across the below categories should approximately sum to the overall annual spend on third-party investigative software, as per Q3.