UCM Nunnery Contract

Summary

The requester asked for the total cost of using the Nunnery for UCM teaching facilities and the contract end date following its sale. The Department disclosed the total spend to date and the contract end date but stated it did not hold specific capital spend data via GTS, noting that IT infrastructure costs were covered by ICT Limited.

Key Facts

• The Department does not hold information regarding capital spend via Government Technology Services (GTS).
• IT infrastructure installation costs were met by International Centre of Technology (ICT) Limited before the current lease began.
• The current contract details between ICT and UCM are publicly available on Tynwald's website.
• As of July 2019, UCM has spent a total of £281,028.49 on the lease, including rental costs.
• The request was received on 10 June 2019 and the response was issued on 8 July 2019.

Data Disclosed

• £281,028.49
• 2019-06-10
• 2019-07-08
• 850069
• July 2019

Exemptions Cited

• Section 20 of the Freedom of Information Act 2015 (Information already reasonably accessible)

Original Request

Subsequent to the sale of the Nunnery could you detail the cost to date spent on using the building for UCM teaching facilities (including capital spend via GTS and rental costs) and when the current contract to use comes to an end?

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Corporate Services Division Department of Education, Sport and Culture Hamilton House Peel Road, Douglas IM1 5EZ Telephone: (01624) 685808 Website: www.gov.im/dec Email: dec@foi.gov.im Our ref: 850069 8 July 2019

Dear ###,

We write further to your request which was received on 10 June 2019 and which states:

"Subsequent to the sale of the Nunnery could you detail the cost to date spent on using the building for UCM teaching facilities (including capital spend via GTS and rental costs) and when the current contract to use comes to an end?"

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Department does not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find some of the information that you have requested. Specifically information requested in relation to the capital spend via Government Technology Services (GTS) is not held by the Department. However by way of advice and assistance the costs for the installation of the IT infrastructure was met by International Centre of Technology (ICT) Limited before University College Isle of Man (UCM) signed the current lease.

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, under section 20 of the Act, we are not required to provide information in response to a request if it is already reasonably accessible to you, whether free of charge or on payment of a fee. Information about the current contract between ICT and UCM is already available on Tynwald’s website. By way of advice and assistance this can be found using the following web link: http://www.tynwald.org.im/business/hansard/20002020/2018-NN-0029.pdf I have detailed below the information that is held. As of July 2019 UCM has spent £281,028.49, including rental costs, as part of the current lease to use the Nunnery.

Please quote the reference number 850069 in any future communications.

Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your freedom of information request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response, by completing a complaint form and submitting it electronically or by delivery/post.

An electronic version of our complaint form can be found by going to our website at https://services.gov.im/freedom-of-information/Review . If you would like a paper version of our complaint form to be sent to you by post, please contact me and I will be happy to arrange for this. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made as soon as practicable. We will respond as soon as the review has been concluded.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner for a decision on; 1. Whether we have responded to your request for information in accordance with Part 2 of the Freedom of Information Act 2015; or 2. Whether we are justified in refusing to give you the information requested.
In response to an application for review, the Information Commissioner may, at any time, attempt to resolve a matter by negotiation, conciliation, mediation or another form of alternative dispute resolution and will have regard to any outcome of this in making any subsequent decision. More detailed information on your right to a review can be found on the Information Commissioner’s website at www.inforights.im. Should you have any queries concerning this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Further information about freedom of information requests can be found at www.gov.im/foi.

I will now close your request as of this date.

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Coordinator