Archived decisions

1 Summary
The following decision is sought:

1.1 That the Executive Member endorses the project's pilot approach and consider a further report with recommendations for future phases in January 2006.

2 Reason(s)

2.1 The National Priorities and E-Government Outcomes published by the ODPM has established a requirement for all authorities to provide online facilities to allow "ICT support and documented policy for home/remote working [for staff]" and "Access to home/remote working facilities."

2.2 IT for mobile working has been identified as potentially offering the following benefits:

· Measurable services improvements (e.g. greater client contact time)

· Measurable savings (e.g. travel costs)

· Less quantifiable benefits (e.g. improvements in morale and retention)

2.3 Enabling staff with mobile technology will meet all six aims of the Council by:

· Increasing the capacity of workers with improved systems and greater flexibility, enhancing quality of service and potentially increasing the number of cases handled within the same budgets(Aims 4, 5, 6);

· Decreasing the amount of paper, driven mileage for unnecessary journeys and office space used, reducing the overall environmental impact of Council service delivery (Aims 2, 5);

· Improving the perception of Hampshire as a thriving and forward-looking authority thereby offering potential to attract investment to the area (Aim 3);

· Increasing the access of staff to core systems, to work increasingly flexible work patterns, Hampshire has the opportunity to offer greater work-life balance to staff whilst maintaining its quality and quantity of service. Also many staff will feel that they are valued and trusted. (Aims 1, 3 ,5, 6)

3 Other options considered and rejected - n/a

4 Conflicts of Interest declared by the decision-maker or other Executive Member consulted - none

5 Dispensation granted by the Standards Committee - none

6 Reasons for the matter being dealt with if urgent - none

Approved by: _______________________________

(Councillor K. Thornber)

Date of decision: ____________________________