HC Deb 05 March 2001 vol 364 cc77-8W
Sir Brian Mawhinney

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the Ministers in his Department who visited any of the constituencies which are in the Peterborough unitary authority area between 1 January 2000 and 14 February 2001, indicating in each case(a) the date of the visit, (b) the constituencies included in the visit and (c) if the local hon. Member met the Minister. [151031]

Date Base demolition/closure
12 October 1998 Demolition of Crumlin Road Sangar, Belfast
21 October 1998 Demolition of R16 roadside Sangar, Newry
23 November 1998 Demolition of three Bessbrook PVCP's
January 1999 Vacation of six Fermanagh Patrol Bases—Mullan Bridge, Rosscor Bridge, Wattle Bridge, Clonatty Bridge, Annaglimartin, Killyvilly
3 February 1999 Demolition of Aughnacloy PVCP
8 February 1999 Demolition of Hump PVCP, Strahane
12 February 1999 Demolition of Muff PVCP, Londonderry

Project Completion date Cost (£000)
Knowledge Network December 2001 106
Redesign of NIO website December 2001 80
Intranet June 2003 500
Replacement hardware for Records Management System March 2001 14.5
Forensic Science DNA Database December 2001 100
Oasis Resilience March 2001 127
Oasis Infrastructure Communications lines March 2001 130
Replace Electoral Register System June 2002 300
xGSI June 2001 110
Visitor Records Booking System December 2001 200
COMPASS September 2002 £2 million
PRISM December 2003 £3 million

To ensure probity and value for money, my Department complies with EC public procurement rules, Government accounting rules, national audit requirements and UK Government domestic procurement policy and best practice guidance when contracting for IT projects.

Mr. Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the IT projects his Department plans to undertake in the next year; and if he will state in each case the(a) expected date of commencement and completion and (b) cost. [151472]

Dr. Reid

The Northern Ireland Office is currently considering its medium-term IT strategy. Subject to the conclusions of this, it currently plans to undertake the following projects, commencing in the year 1 April 200131 March 2002:

Dr. Reid

There have been no visits by Ministers in my Department to any of the constituencies in the Peterborough unitary authority area between 1 January 2000 and 14 February 2001.