Response 4100982

Response to request for information

Reference

4100982

Response date

29 September 2026

Request

I am seeking information about the evidence base and transition work being developed in connection with Local Government Reorganisation (LGR). I am not requesting a full contract register, detailed technical asset register or information which would require the creation of new analysis. Where information is already published, please provide the relevant link.

1. Economic Baseline. Has the authority produced, commissioned or begun preparing a combined economic baseline for the proposed/reorganised authority area? If yes, please provide the document, or if already published, its title and URL. Please indicate whether it covers any of the following:
   • business population.
   • employment.
   • productivity.
   • key sectors.
   • deprivation.
   • economic performance.
2. Growth Hotspots, Cold Spots and Priority Places. Has the authority identified any geographic areas within the proposed/reorganised authority as:
   • economic or business-growth hotspots.
   • areas of economic weakness or deprivation.
   • regeneration priorities.
   • town-centre priorities.
   • strategic employment locations.
   • business parks.
   • innovation districts.
   • other priority economic locations? If yes, please provide the names of the areas and any report, map or dataset used to define them.
3. Business and Sector Intelligence. Has the authority mapped or analysed businesses across the proposed/reorganised authority by:
   • location.
   • sector.
   • business size.
   • growth potential.
   • other economic characteristics? If yes, please state:
     • what datasets, software or external data products are being used;
     • whether a combined dataset covering predecessor authorities has been created.
4. Local Procurement and Economic Impact. As part of LGR planning, has the authority established or begun establishing a combined baseline covering any of the following:
   • total supplier spend.
   • local supplier spend.
   • SME spend.
   • VCSE spend.
   • supplier location? If yes, please provide the latest available headline figures or the relevant report. Please also state whether the authority intends to measure changes in local economic impact or local pound performance after reorganisation.
5. Supplier, Contract and Commercial Transition. Has the authority created or begun creating a consolidated view of suppliers and contracts across predecessor councils? Please state whether work has identified any of the following:
   • duplicate suppliers or contracts.
   • contracts requiring novation.
   • contracts identified for consolidation.
   • contracts identified for re-tender or termination.
   • material contract expiries around transition.
   • critical supplier dependencies.
   • Headline counts or summaries are sufficient. A full contract register is not requested.
6. Data Consolidation and Identified Pain Points. Has the LGR programme formally identified any difficulty combining, matching or reconciling information held by predecessor authorities relating to:
   • businesses.
   • suppliers.
   • procurement.
   • contracts.
   • property.
   • finance.
   • economic development? If yes, please provide any recorded summary of the issues, risks or work required.
7. Systems and Intelligence Tools. Has the authority inventoried the principal systems or data platforms used across predecessor councils for:
   • procurement.
   • supplier management.
   • contract management.
   • finance.
   • business intelligence.
   • economic development.
   • place intelligence? If yes, please provide:
     • the number of separate systems/platforms identified;
     • any documented target approach for consolidation. A detailed technical asset register is not requested.
8. External Support and Budget Signals. Has the authority commissioned, or does it currently intend to commission, external support relating to LGR for any of the following:
   • economic analysis.
   • business intelligence.
   • supplier/spend analysis.
   • data matching or cleansing.
   • mapping.
   • contract rationalisation.
   • commercial transition.
   • economic-impact analysis? For any commissioned work, please provide where held:
     • supplier name;
     • brief scope of work;
     • contract value;
     • contract dates.
9. Ownership, Programme Status and Timetable. Please identify the team/function or job title responsible for the LGR economic/commercial evidence base described above. Where recorded, please also state whether the work is:
   • not started.
   • in discovery.
   • in data collection.
   • in analysis.
   • in implementation and the expected completion date or next key milestone.
10. Governance, Information and Organisational Transition. Has the authority identified or established any specific LGR workstreams relating to:
    • information governance.
    • data protection.
    • data migration or integration.
    • records management.
    • data governance? If yes, please provide:
      • the name/title of the workstream;
      • the responsible team or job title;
      • whether external support has been commissioned or is planned;
      • any published programme documentation or procurement relating to this work.

Response

By way of context, Rushcliffe Borough Council has not independently undertaken work in relation to the proposed/reorganised authority area outside of its participation in the Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) programme activity through the Future Nottinghamshire LGR Programme, (a nine Council partnership of which Rushcliffe Borough Council is one). The responses below should therefore be read on the basis that Rushcliffe Borough Council does not hold a separate Rushcliffe produced evidence base, dataset, baseline, map, analysis or workstream for the proposed/reorganised authority areas.

1. Economic Baseline. Has the authority produced, commissioned or begun preparing a combined economic baseline for the proposed/reorganised authority area? Rushcliffe Borough Council has not produced, commissioned, or begun to prepare a combined economic baseline for the new authority area.
2. Growth Hotspots, Cold Spots and Priority Places. Has the authority identified any geographic areas within the proposed/reorganised authority as:
   • economic or business-growth hotspots.
   • areas of economic weakness or deprivation.
   • regeneration priorities.
   • town-centre priorities.
   • strategic employment locations.
   • business parks.
   • innovation districts.
   • other priority economic locations? Rushcliffe Borough Council has not identified any LGR-specific growth hotspots, cold spots, or priority places across the proposed/reorganised authority area.  
3. Business and Sector Intelligence. Has the authority mapped or analysed businesses across the proposed/reorganised authority by:
   • location.
   • sector.
   • business size.
   • growth potential.
   • other economic characteristics? Rushcliffe Borough Council has not mapped or analysed businesses across the proposed/ reorganised authority.  
4. Local Procurement and Economic Impact. As part of LGR planning, has the authority established or begun establishing a combined baseline covering any of the following:
   • total supplier spend.
   • local supplier spend.
   • SME spend.
   • VCSE spend.
   • supplier location? Rushcliffe Borough Council has not established a combined baseline covering any of these.
5. Supplier, Contract and Commercial Transition. Has the authority created or begun creating a consolidated view of suppliers and contracts across predecessor councils? Please state whether work has identified any of the following:
   • duplicate suppliers or contracts.
   • contracts requiring novation.
   • contracts identified for consolidation.
   • contracts identified for re-tender or termination.
   • material contract expiries around transition.
   • critical supplier dependencies.
   • Headline counts or summaries are sufficient. A full contract register is not requested. Rushcliffe Borough Council has not created or begun creating a consolidated view of suppliers and contracts across predecessor councils.
6. Data Consolidation and Identified Pain Points. Has the LGR programme formally identified any difficulty combining, matching or reconciling information held by predecessor authorities relating to:
   • businesses.
   • suppliers.
   • procurement.
   • contracts.
   • property.
   • finance.
   • economic development? Rushcliffe Borough Council cannot answer on behalf of the LGR Programme for Nottinghamshire. The LGR Programme is being delivered through the Future Nottinghamshire partnership, co-ordinated by Nottinghamshire County Council. 
7. Systems and Intelligence Tools. Has the authority inventoried the principal systems or data platforms used across predecessor councils for:
   • procurement.
   • supplier management.
   • contract management.
   • finance.
   • business intelligence.
   • economic development.
   • place intelligence? Rushcliffe Borough Council has not inventoried the principal systems or data platforms used across predecessor councils for any of these. 
8. External Support and Budget Signals. Has the authority commissioned, or does it currently intend to commission, external support relating to LGR for any of the following:
   • economic analysis.
   • business intelligence.
   • supplier/spend analysis.
   • data matching or cleansing.
   • mapping.
   • contract rationalisation.
   • commercial transition.
   • economic-impact analysis? Please see previously answered FOIs regarding commissioned external support by Rushcliffe Borough Council 
9. Ownership, Programme Status and Timetable. Please identify the team/function or job title responsible for the LGR economic/commercial evidence base described above. Where recorded, please also state whether the work is:
   • not started.
   • in discovery.
   • in data collection.
   • in analysis.
   • in implementation and the expected completion date or next key milestone. Rushcliffe Borough Council has not identified a specific Rushcliffe team or function responsible for the LGR economic/commercial evidence base described above. Where such evidence base or transition work forms part of wider LGR programme activity, it would sit within the wider Future Nottinghamshire programme arrangements, co-ordinated by Nottinghamshire County Council. 
10. Governance, Information and Organisational Transition. Has the authority identified or established any specific LGR workstreams relating to:
    • information governance.
    • data protection.
    • data migration or integration.
    • records management.
    • data governance? Rushcliffe Borough Council has not established a separate Rushcliffe-led LGR workstream specifically for information governance, data protection, data migration or integration, records management, or data governance. Initial work on governance, information and organisational transition is being progressed through the wider Future Nottinghamshire LGR programme arrangements, co-ordinated by Nottinghamshire County Council.