HC Deb 01 March 2001 vol 363 cc718-21W
Mr. Field

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the IT projects currently undertaken in his Department; and if he will state the(a) expected completion date and (b) cost of each project. [151501]

Ms Beverley Hughes

[holding answer 26 February 2001]: The tables list IT projects currently undertaken within DETR(C) and its agencies where costs are estimated to be equal to or exceed £50,000.

Small projects where the total cost falls below £50,000 have not been listed as the collection of information and collation of these projects could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

DETR IT projects where costs are equal to or greater than £50,000
Projects Total forecast costs to completion (£) Projected completion date
DETR(C)
Data Communications Systems 2,230,000 March 2001
Replacement PCs 204,000 March 2001
High Speed LANS 762,000 March 2001
Second GSI Gateway 33,000 March 2001
Bristol HQ Infrastructure 293,000 March 2001
Netware 5 365,000 March 2001
Replacement ETHOS Servers 225,000 March 2001
TAN21—a programme of business change involving the redesign of the business processes and the modernisation of IT/IS systems 7,977,000 September 2001
Computerised Local Authority Statistics System 245,000 March 2001
DETR Payroll Procurement Project 480,000 September 2001
The Optimum Pensions System 943,000 March 2002
Maps on Tap 174,000 June 2001
Electronic Procurement Stages 2 and 3 4,331,000 March 2003
Marine Incident Database—Phase 2 241,000 April 2001
DETR Electronic Briefing System 1,340,000 February 2002
DOC Project Management System 133,000 October 2001
Videoconferencing System 64,000 April 2001
Climate Change Levy 113,000 March 2001
Research Management Database—Phase 1 40,000 June 2001
Electronic Document and Record Management—Scoping Study 40,000 May 2001
RIMNET Scoping Study 200,000 May 2001
Next Generation Accounting System (procurement under way) 1
1Information commercially sensitive.

Note:

The information above relates to projects that have been approved and are still running. It should be noted that for some projects the costs only represent those related to scoping studies. The final cost of these projects is subject to the outcome of the scoping study and ITSD and BISD approval. It is therefore not possible to include total project costs for these projects.

DETR IT projects where costs are equal to or greater than £50,000
Projects Estimated total external project costs to completion (£) Projected completion date
Highways Agency
Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) 212,000 July 2001
Migration to MS Outlook and Office 2000 1,639,000 May 2002
Electronic Document Management (EDMS) 350,000 March 2004
Environmental Database 375,000 February 2002
Extranet Project (Agent Access) 621,000 February 2001
Geotechnical Data Management System (GDMS) 355,000 December 2002
HA Corporate Intranet/Extranet Development 1,199,000 February 2002
Highways Agency Management Information System (HAMIS) 3,100,00 March 2001
Highways Agency Pavement Management System (HAPMS) 11,238,000 December 2003
HA Supplier Database and Tender Support 175,000 August 2001
Knowledge Management Pilot 104,000 July 2001
Part 1 Claims Database 80,000 April 2001
Remote Access—Service Improvements 301,000 July 2001
Strategy for Financial Management (SFM)1 25,000,000 to 30,000,000 2004
Structures Management Information System (SMIS) 1,736,400 March 2002
Total (SFM minimum) 46,485,400
Total (SFM maximum) 51,485,400
1 The Agency also classifies the implementation of resource accounting and budgeting as an IT project. It is currently estimated to cost £25–30 million over a 10 year period ending in 2004.

Note:

The information above relates to projects that have been approved and are still running. It should be noted that for some projects the costs only represent those related to scoping studies. The final cost of these projects is subject to the outcome of the scoping study and ITSD and BISD approval. It is therefore not possible to include total project costs for these projects.

DETR IT projects where costs are equal to or greater than £50.000
Projects Total forecast costs to completion (£) Projected completion date
Rent Service Agency
VICTER 3.000,000 Pilot test May 2001
Planning Inspectorate Agency
Inspector Scheduling 844,400 September 2001
Human Resource Information 409,811 March 2001
Planning Portal Programme 3,000,000 April 2002
Annual Refreshment of IT Hardware 336,500 April 2001

DETR IT projects where costs are equal to or greater than £50,000
Projects Total forecast costs to completion (£) Projected completion date
Marine and Coastguard Agency
Incident Management System 2,000,000 End 2002
Search and Rescue Information System 80,000 Mid 2001
Driving Standards Agency
Road Safety Information System 650,000 January 2002
Internet Booking of Practical Tests 500,000 Early 2002
Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency
Automated Number Plate Reader 1,174,000 June 2001
Casework Project 8,734,000 November 2001
Replacement/Modernisation OCR data capture equipment 2,882,000 June 2002
Financial System (procurement under way) April 2002
IT Infrastructure Modernisation 2,697,000 March 2002
New Vehicle Registration Mark Format 1,802,000 September 2001
Replacement IT Services Contract (procurement under way) September 2002
Personnel Systems Enhancements 372,000 November 2001
Smart Tachograph Cards 8,155,000 February 2003
Web Vault 550,000 June 2001
Changes to Vehicle Taxation System (Graduated VED—phase 2) 25,303,000 September 2001
1 Information commercially sensitive.

Note:

The information above relates to projects that have been approved and are still running. It should be noted that for some projects the costs only represent those related to scoping studies. The final cost of these projects is subject to the outcome of the scoping study and ITSD and BISD approval. It is therefore not possible to include total project costs for these projects.

DETR IT projects where costs are equal to or greater than £50,000
projects Estimated operating cost per ennum(£) Contract due to commence
Vehicle Inspectorate Agency
MOT Computerisation 22,000,000 May 2002
Replacement IT Services Contract (procurement under way) 1
1 Information commercially sensitive

Note:

The information above relates to projects that have been approved and are still running. It should be noted hat for some projects the costs only represent those related to scoping studies. The final cost of these projects is subject to the outcome of the scoping study and ITSD and BISD approval. It is therefore not possible to include total project costs for these projects.