These have been generally developed after production of an appropriate business case. We consider that the citizens' expectations will develop rapidly over the next 2 years. This is already being reinforced by the business press and television advertising. The commercial sector is taking this seriously. Local government will require to keep pace with developments.
Lets consider what the private sector are spending.
As the total administrative expenditure of local government is some 90Bn, then this amounts to 900m alone. Current local government IT expenditure for hardware, software and services costs some 1000m per annum. This suggests that local government is already underspending compared to the private sector. There are some 465 local authorities, a 900m fund is only 1.93m each per annum. As a marker, current PPP schemes for NGfL in individual schools amounts to a value of 400,000 per school over the contract period, or some 80,000 per school per annum.