FOI 39-22: Devices deployed by the Assembly Commission

Our Ref: FOI 39-22

26 September 2022

Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“FOIA”)

I am writing to confirm that the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission (Assembly Commission) has processed your request dated 11 August 2022 in line with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA 2000). In your request, you asked:

“Q1. Please list the number of devices deployed by your organisation for the below list:

• Desktop PCs
• Laptops
• Mobile Phones
• Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)
• Printers
• Multi-Functional Devices
• Tablets
• Servers (Physical)
• Storage Devices (E.g., NAS, SAN, etc.)
• Networking Infrastructure (E.g. Switches, Routers, Interfaces, Wireless Access Points etc.)
• Security Infrastructure (E.g. Firewalls, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), Virus Monitoring Tools, etc.)

Q2. Does your organisation have any plans of refreshing any of the ICT devices from the below list? If yes, please provide the indicative or projected expenditure.

• Desktop PCs
• Laptops
• Mobile Phones
• Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)
• Printers
• Multi-Functional Devices
• Tablets
• Servers (Physical)
• Storage Devices (E.g., NAS, SAN, etc.)
• Networking Infrastructure (E.g. Switches, Routers, Interfaces, Wireless Access Points etc.)
• Security Infrastructure (E.g. Firewalls, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), Virus Monitoring Tools, etc.)

Q3. Does your organisation have any plans for developing, refreshing, or replacing any software applications?”

 

Q1. Please list the number of devices deployed by your organisation

The Assembly Commission holds information in relation to your request, which has been outlined in Appendix A.

 

Q2. Does your organisation have any plans of refreshing any of the ICT devices?

The Assembly Commission holds information in relation to your request, which has been outlined in Appendix B. The figures provided represent the budgeted expenditure.

 

Q3. Does your organisation have any plans for developing, refreshing, or replacing any software applications?

The Assembly Commission holds information in relation to your request, which has been outlined in Appendix C.

You have the right to request a formal review by the Assembly Commission and if you wish to do so, please write to me at the above address. If after such an internal review you are still unhappy with the response, you may appeal to the Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF which will undertake an independent review.

The Assembly Commission may publish details of your FOI request and its official response within the organisational disclosure log. The request will be completely anonymised and you will not be identified in any way. This is to meet the requirements as laid out by in the agreed publication scheme with the Information Commissioners’ Office.

Yours sincerely

INFORMATION STANDARDS

 

Appendix A

List of devices deployed by the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission