Disclosure Log

Message from Nottinghamshire County Council - 24 April 2025

Dear ***** *****,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REFERENCE FOI/5677

Thank you for your request for information relating to Enterprise Resource Planning.

We are now able to provide the following information:

1. Which enterprise resource planning (ERP) platforms you use (if any) in the execution of your duties.
   1. [ERP platforms such as SAP, Oracle, or Microsoft Dynamics 365, are software systems that collect data from multiple sources and create a single source of truth helping organisations manage their core business processes such as finance, HR, manufacturing, supply chain, sales, and procurement.] Exempt – see exemption below
2. What version of the Enterprise Resource Planning you are utilising. As an example, you may utilise SAP ECC 6 or Oracle Fusion Cloud. Exempt – see exemption below
3. Whether you are planning major projects such as an upgrade or a re-platforming of your ERP platforms in the next 24 months. Yes
   
   For this FOI we are not releasing any contract information on ICT tools or software used by NCC. 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. 

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. 

2. 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 trust this now satisfies your request and that you find this information to be helpful, however if you are unhappy with the way in which your request has been handled, then please email us at [email protected] quoting the reference FOI/5677 and we will be happy to review your request

For future reference, Nottinghamshire County Council regularly publishes previous FOI requests and answers on its website, under Disclosure logs, that may provide details relating to your query. (see link) Your privacy: we use your personal information such as name and address so that we can comply with our legal obligations to respond to FOI requests.  For further details about the use of information about you, please see the information handling privacy notice on our website at https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/media/4323566/informationgovernanceandinformationrightsprivacynotice.pdf

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review.   Requests should be submitted within 40 working days of the date of receipt of the response to your original request and should be addressed to: Complaints and Information Team, Nottinghamshire County Council, County Hall, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, NOTTINGHAM, NG2 7QP or [email protected].

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.  The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, WILMSLOW, SK9 5AF or