Decision details

To bring forward a shared Digital Strategy and ICT Roadmap for the South and East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership that provides direction of travel for future Digital/ICT developments

1)    That the South and East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership Digital Strategy and ICT Roadmap at Appendix A be approved; and

2)    That the findings of the Joint Scrutiny Task Group and PMP/PDP Joint Meeting (Appendices B and C) be noted.

·       For the Councils to maximise the benefits of Digital/ICT in driving efficiency and better serving residents, a shared Digital Strategy for the Partnership, supported by an ICT Roadmap, was required to set out the approach to be taken to future system alignment, investment and development.  The Partnership was in a fortunate position in that Public Sector Partnership Services (PSPS) was the Digital/ICT provider to each of the three Councils.  A shared Strategy for the Partnership (and PSPS) would benefit PSPS by enabling the company to better plan and deploy resources to focus on common Digital/ICT priorities that supported the Partnership’s ambition rather than there being competing priorities from individual Councils.

·       Do nothing – each Council continuing to have its own approach to Digital/ICT was possible but would not be in line with the approved Partnership Business Case.  Digital/ICT was a key ‘enabler’ to achieve much of the ambition set out in the Business Case and was identified as an action in both the Work Programme and Annual Delivery Plan (both of which had been approved by Council).