HL Deb 21 April 2004 vol 660 cc44-5WA
Lord Astor of Hever

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Which in-service systems are supported by the command support information systems integrated project team. [HL2352]

Lord Bach

The command support information systems integrated project team supports a number of systems, including:

Royal Navy Command Support System (RNCSS)

Fleet Information Management Unit Support Environment (FIMU)

Royal Air Force Command and Control System (RAFCCIS)

Pilot Direct Broadcast System (PDBS)

Submarine Broadcast Processing System (SMBPS)

Joint Command Systems (Logistics) (JCS(Log))

Land Systems Reference Centre (LSRC)

Environmental Fusion Interpretation and Distribution System (EFIDS) at the Fleet Weather and Oceanographic Centre (FWOC)

Joint Operations Command System (JOCS)

Lychgate

As well as the UK element of:

Battlefield Intelligence Collection and Exploitation System (BICES)

OSIS Evolutionary Development (OED)

Linked OPINTEL Centres Europe (LOCE)

The team also supports a number of classified systems, details of which I am withholding under exemption 1, defence, security and international relations, of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.

Lord Astor of Hever

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether the defence information infrastructure integrated project team met its target of assuming responsibility for the majority of defence information systems by 1 April 2004. [HL2353]

Lord Bach

A target date of 1 April 2004 was set to conclude the transfer of the majority of defence information systems (information infrastructure) into the defence information infrastructure integrated project team (DII IPT). Although a number of factors have impinged on progress during the past 12 months, not least the situation in Iraq, this has been largely achieved.

The remaining transfers are expected to be concluded shortly when final issues are resolved by the exporting organisations. The outstanding transfers are outside the scope of the current DII/future increment I migration sequence and thus are seen to have no impact on the overall implementation of the DII programme.

Lord Astor of Hever

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many full-time and full-time equivalent employees and contractors are currently employed by the defence information systems integrated project team; and [HL2354]

What is the projected headcount of the defence information systems integrated project team for the next three financial years. [HL2355]

Lord Bach

The current headcount of the defence information infrastructure integrated project team (DII IPT) is some 470 full-time equivalent staff.

It has been necessary in some cases to supplement the skills of the civilian and military staff employed in the IPT by more specific expertise from the commercial sector. In addition, therefore, there are currently eight contractors occupying established Civil Service posts within the IPT.

The current assumption is that numbers in the IPT will remain broadly unchanged over the next three financial years.