HC Deb 25 March 1999 vol 328 c383W
Mr. Coleman

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on progress in implementing the changes at the Immigration and Nationality Directorate offices in Croydon. [77834]

Mr. Mike O'Brien

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Hertsmere (Mr. Clappison) on 24 March 1999,Official Report, column 227.

Mr. Wigley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set up an Immigration and Nationality Directorate office in Cardiff. [78230]

Mr. Mike O'Brien

The Immigration and Nationality Directorate has an office in Cardiff operated by 13 staff from the Immigration Service Ports Directorate. They have responsibility for processing arriving passengers and immigration law enforcement work. There are no current plans for additional offices.

Mr. Mullin

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the companies who applied for the contract for the computerisation of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate; and if he will make a statement. [78632]

Mr. Mike O'Brien

Seven companies responded to the notice advertising the competition. They were Amdahl UK, Andersen Consulting, Computer Science (CSC), EDS, IBM UK, Siemens Business Services and Unisys. The National Audit Office report on the Casework Programme, published on 24 March, concluded that the Immigration and Nationality Directorate managed the procurement in a business-like way.