§ Ms ChurchTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to the answer of 7 November,Official Report, columns 709–10, what were the proposed annual savings for the IT project in
1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 Project 1 -1,435 265 523 660 697 697 747 697 — — Project 2 -375 -1,488 2,018 770 766 766 766 766 766 766 Project 3 — -993 2,077 5,373 5,205 5,205 5,205 — — — Project 4 — — -220 -1,499 847 797 832 752 591 — Project 5 — — -60 -534 28 279 279 279 279 279 Project 6 — — — -1,329 -63 1,625 1,625 1,625 1,625 1,625 The other project was for additional mainframe capacity and the benefit appraisal showed costs for the extra capacity. Benefits were in continuation of existing systems. These benefits were not included in the discounted cash flow. The costs for the project were:
1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 Project 7 235 -665 677 647 617 589 561 -340 Projects 4, 5 and 6 were transferred to the Department of Trade and Industry and we do not have information on realised savings or projected savings.
For the other projects, we have not yet carried out reviews that evaluate the actual savings against proposed savings. To provide this information would incur disproportionate cost.