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To begin the process of transitioning towards
a shared service model for digital and data in collaboration with
Torfaen County Borough Council and Blaenau Gwent County Borough, as
part of an expanded role for the Shared Resource Service (SRS).
 
For the authority’s digital team to
begin working alongside partner organisations at the earliest
opportunity, with a target for the team to transfer to the SRS no
later than 1st April 2026, subject to the conclusion of staff and
trade union consultation. This would be done in accordance with The
Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations
2006.
 
To agree that the current digital service
budget be used to enable the delivery of the new shared
service.
 
To prepare an investment case for a modern
data service operating across three
authorities, to be considered by the SRS
Strategic Board in the first instance, being clear where the
initial investment is best focused.
 
That Cabinet recommend that £77,017 is
drawn from the ICT reserve to fund the costs during year one of the
collaboration (2025-26). This will include additional funding for
the shared digital team and the costs of a new data post to ensure
that Monmouthshire can participate fully in, and capitalise from,
the embryonic data service from day one.
 
To revisit the potential to enter
collaborative arrangements in relation to information security at a
later stage following the completion of further work which will be
reported to the SRS Strategic Board in the coming months.