§ Richard Younger-RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the total expenditure of his Department on IT systems and support in each year from May 1997 to date; how many IT contracts have been let in each of those years; of the other main contracting party in each of those contracts, how many have been(a) companies whose registered office is in (i) England and Wales, (ii) Scotland and (iii) Northern Ireland and (b) foreign companies; and what are the names of the companies falling within category (a). [33677]
§ Ms BlearsThe Department's total information technology spend for financial years 1998–99, 1999–2000 and 2000–01 as follows:
Year £ million 1998–1999 23.5 1999–2000 23.0 2000–01 22.9 There is no readily accessible information for financial year 1997–98 and material for 2001–02 is not yet available.
Information on the other aspects of the question is not available in an easily accessible form and can only be provided at disproportionate cost.