HC Deb 15 November 1996 vol 285 cc358-9W
Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many contracts his Department, agencies and associated bodies have had with EDS for each year since 1985; what was the value of each contract; if he will indicate for each contract(a) if it was completed, (b) what modifications were made at the request of (i) the company and (ii) the Department and (c) if work under contract is being undertaken in-house; and if he will make a statement on the number of job reductions in his Department arising from the contracting out of work by EDS. [3816]

Mr. Hanley

We have placed 33 contracts with EDS since 1985, individual values as follows:

  1. 1. £8,114.00
  2. 2. £17,881.00
  3. 3. £604.00
  4. 4. £3,376.00
  5. 5. £80,760.00
  6. 6. £13,832.00
  7. 7. £4,682.00
  8. 8. £4,682.00
  9. 9. £82,746.00
  10. 10. £8,788.00
  11. 11. £72,950.00
  12. 12. £7,562.50
  13. 13. £11,950.00
  14. 14. £2,100.00
  15. 15. £8,200.00
  16. 16. £58,990.00
  17. 17. £16,784.00
  18. 18. £17,881.00
  19. 19. £1,254.00
  20. 20. £35,762.00
  21. 21. £11,000.00
  22. 22. £4,885.00
  23. 23. £4,500.00
  24. 24. £54,000.00
  25. 25. £4,720.00
  26. 26. £4,682.00
  27. 27. £9,265.00
  28. 28. £10,000.00
  29. 29. £1,900.00
  30. 30. £7,000.00
    31. 359
  31. 31. £7,500.00
  32. 32. £12,000.00
  33. 33. £2,100.00.
  1. (a) All contracts were completed to the satisfaction of this Department.
  2. (b)(i) and (ii) No significant modifications were made by either party.
  3. (c) It has not been possible to identify whether any jobs were done in-house; and there have been no quantifiable job reductions arising from the above contracts.

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