Survey platforms 1112/2025

FOI Reference: 1112/2025

Request

The information that we require, under the Freedom of Information Act, is as follows:

1) Do you use a survey platform?

2) If so, what tools do you use?

3) How much do you spend annually on a survey platform?

4) Which month & year does your contract with your supplier end?

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below:-

Response Q1

Yes.

Response Q2 

Microsoft Forms

We use Dyfed-Powys Connects which is our local designation for Neighbourhood Alert.  This is owned by a company called VISAV and embedded in well over 30 forces in England and Wales.

Response Q3

We are unable to provide a figure for Microsoft Forms alone as it is part of a wider Microsoft Enterprise Agreement.

For Financial Year 2025/6 we paid £873,277.04

We have a 3 year contract with Dyfed-Powys Connects, which works out as approximately £40,000 per year.

Response Q4

March 2028.

It should be noted that as a result of the systems adopted by Dyfed-Powys Police in relation to the recording of such information that the information released may or may not be accurate.

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 28/11/2025)