ICT Budget and Spending Plans for Next Fiscal Year
Case reference FOI2024/01816
Received 19 December 2024
Published 10 February 2025
Request
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding your planned Information and Communications Technology (ICT) expenditure for the upcoming fiscal year. Specifically, I would like to know:
1. The allocated budget for ICT in the next fiscal year.
2. A breakdown of planned spending within the ICT budget, including major projects or initiatives identified by name.
3. Any documentation or reports that outline your ICT priorities or strategies for the next fiscal year.
If this information is available in a summarised or report format, please provide the document(s) directly.
Should any part of this request exceed the cost or time limits stipulated under the Act, I would appreciate it if you could advise on how I might refine my request to ensure compliance.
Response
1. The allocated budget for ICT in the next fiscal year
The total ICT Budget for 25-26 is £280.8m, this includes payroll costs and expenses as well as a (£5m) efficiency challenge to be delivered. Below we have set out the details of our spend on projects and services, excluding pay, expenses and efficiency.
2. A breakdown of planned spending within the ICT budget, including major projects or initiatives identified by name.
ICT expenditure next year covers what we will spend on Corporate IT - services that enable National Highways as an organisation to operate, and what we will spend on Operational Technology Comms and Systems - services that support operational technology out on the strategic road network. A break down is provided below, please note the £259.07m spend does not include pay, expenses and the £5m efficiency challenge.
|
Area of Spend |
£M |
|---|---|
|
Architecture Design Engineering Services |
5.5 |
|
Data Services |
15.0 |
|
Cyber Security |
26.1 |
|
Licences |
15.8 |
|
Service Catalogue (project) |
2.4 |
|
Test, Agile, Business Analyst and Project Resources |
3.4 |
|
Corporate Network and National Roads Telecommunication Network |
55.0 |
|
Infrastructure Services |
8.7 |
|
IT Workplace Services |
9.7 |
|
Application Support, Service Management including Tooling (ServiceNow) |
9.2 |
|
Service Transition |
0.8 |
|
Enterprise Portfolio Management System Support |
0.6 |
|
Operational technology development services 6 |
6.3 |
|
Digital for Customer |
5.7 |
|
ESRI and Spatial data management |
4.2 |
|
Licences |
9.2 |
|
Asset Management Systems |
8.7 |
|
Traffic Management Portfolio |
10.5 |
|
Enforcement cameras maintenance and support |
7.6 |
|
Digital CCTV project |
0.25 |
|
Airwave radio service, radio maintenance and repair |
9.1 |
|
Development of next generation of national enforcement cameras |
6.9 |
|
Stopped Vehicle Detection Support Services |
8.5 |
|
National Expert Control Room Technology Support |
1.0 |
|
Remote Maintenance Access System |
0.8 |
|
Traffic Management Systems support and tooling |
17.5 |
|
ControlWorks |
2.6 |
|
Dynamic Digital Display Screens National Support Service |
0.6 |
|
Technology Performance and Availability Management support |
4.0 |
|
CCTV support |
1.2 |
|
Other |
2.22 |
|
Total |
259.07 |
3. Any documentation or reports that outline your ICT priorities or strategies for the next fiscal year.
National Highways priorities can be seen in our annual report and accounts National Highways annual report and accounts 2024 and our Digital Data and Technology Strategy Digital, Data and Technology Strategy 2023-2025 Priority items for next year have been agreed with National Highways Exec, these are listed below.
Priority items for next year have been agreed with National Highways Exec, these are listed below.
|
Item |
Description |
|---|---|
|
IT Workplace Services |
Core services that enable the business to function |
|
Support delivery of Operational Technology Strategy |
Optimisation of operational technology, enhancing fault information and lowering roadside visits. |
|
Digital for Customer |
Maintain the Digital for Customer platform and plan and provision connected services which are an enabler for autonomous vehicles. |
|
Data standards, digital labs and data as a service |
Improving data quality by implementing standardised data collection methodologies, formats, and protocols. |
|
Asset Management Systems |
Maintaining our existing asset management systems. |
|
Architecture and Design |
Maintaining performance and quality of asset management systems by simplifying, designing out duplicate processes and data, connecting systems together and enhancing resilience. |
|
Cyber Security |
Deliver a suite of cyber security services. |
|
Traffic Management Services |
Provision of support and operation of Traffic Management Services |
|
Advanced Traffic Management Solution |
Via the Traffic Management Portfolio deliver the service strategy and roadmap for the Advanced Traffic Management Solution |
|
National Roads Telecommunication Service |
Maintaining the existing National Roads Telecommunications Service network and preparing via procurement for a revised service beyond 2027- 8 |
|
Enforcement Cameras |
Continuing to support existing cameras that are coming to end of life and developing the next generation of national enforcement cameras. |
Documents
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