§ Mr. Alan HowarthTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list the contracts awarded by his Department to(a) EDS, (b) Andersens, (c) BMI, (d) Capita and (e) Sema since 1992 and the broad function to be carried out by the contractors and the value of the contract in each case. [17605]
§ Mr. StreeterThe information is as follows:
Consultants Number of contracts Nature Value (excluding VAT) EDS 1 A seven-year contract was awarded on 8 October 1996 under the private finance initiative. In region of £20–£25 million Under the contract, the local county court system (LOCCS) will computerise much of the routine work of the county courts. The first module of the new system, Caseman, will enable court documents to be issued automatically and replace the system of manual record keeping for every case, making access to case details easier. Five existing information technology systems including CREST (which supports Crown court centres) SPC and CCBC (which support centralised functions for Northampton County Court) were transferred to EDS Andersens 0 BMI 0 Capita 5 (a) Recruitment services (a) £32,149 (b) Recruitment services (b) £23,262 (c) Recruitment services (c) £850 (d) Recruitment services (d) £2,550 (e) Recruitment services (e)£113 Sema 0 508W
Finished consultant episodes—ordinary admissions and day cases Pneumonia Influenza Bronchitis Hypothermia Total December 1989 591 117 184 5 897 January 1990 324 30 98 6 458 December 1990 346 26 114 12 498 January 1991 322 24 127 8 481 December 1991 294 25 90 9 418 January 1992 292 20 101 2 415 December 1992 210 3 65 8 286 January 1993 226 5 65 4 300 December 1993 301 24 58 13 396