Disclosure Log

Corporate Website (FOI/7084)

Message from Nottinghamshire County Council - 30 January 2026

Dear Requester,
Request FOI/7084
Further to your request received on 13th January 2026, I confirm that the Council has now considered your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Questions & Answers)
  1. What ‘Content Management Platform’ is used to manage the Local Authority’s corporate website Exempt (See Below)
 
  1. Is this developed in house or by an external provider External
 
  1. If an external provider, please provide:
  1. Name of the provider Exempt (See Below)
  2. Renewal date for the contract N/A
  3. Annual support cost £21k/annum
 
  1. Are there plans to review provision of your content management system in the next 12 months No
 
  1. Please provide the name, email, and phone of the individual responsible for the content management system within your organisation Ed Hood, [email protected]  0115 9773728

For this FOI, we are not supplying any specific information on any software/applications/platforms/tools or vendors/suppliers.

This is exemption information under section 31 of Freedom of Information Act.

The public interest in disclosure for transparency, scrutiny and accountability of public bodies is outweighed by the public interest in ensuring the risks to operations and assets of public authorities are not exposed to malicious actors.

This is due to the following:
 
  1. Any information that could be used by hackers, scammers, and other malicious actors to compromise the Council’s ICT systems and cyber security should not be disclosed to external organisations, partners or members of the public. 
 
  1. Examples of information which could be used by malicious actors, particularly if comprised of details relating to short time periods of less than a year, include:
 
  • Use of external cyber/online security contractors, firms; and
  • Details of ICT and cyber security systems, procedures, policies and contracts particular to the Council

We hope you find this information useful.
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Yours sincerely



Freedom of Information
Complaints and Information Team
Chief Executives Department                                         
Nottinghamshire County Council
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