§ Richard Younger-RossTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 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). [33676]
§ Hilary BennTo obtain information on the total Information Technology spend for the years requested would involve disproportionate cost. However, the following information on high value Information Technology Information Systems (IT)/(IS) expenditure is available.
1. Total expenditure (at £10 million and only)
Year Expenditure 1997 23,599,999 1998 25,000,000 1999 29,000,000 2000 25,666,666 2001 66,466,666 The significant increase in expenditure in 2001 was due to the letting of the Sirius contract at £25 million and the letting of a contract to Bull for IT hardware and infrastructure support for over £10 million.
2. Contracts let/year (at £10 million and only)
Year Contracts let 1997 0 1998 1 1999 2 2000 1 2001 2 3. How many suppliers have been registered in:
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England and Wales 3 Scotland 0 Northern Ireland 0 Foreign Companies 1 4. What are the names of the suppliers registered in England and Wales:
Sirius Consortium (ICL/Global Crossing/PricewaterhouseCoopersCMGBull/Integris (now Steria))