HC Deb 21 May 2003 vol 405 cc776-7W
Brian Cotter

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list, by project, the consultancies her Department and its non-departmental public bodies have used on e-government projects since 1 January 2001. [112836]

Alun Michael

The following table identifies consultancy companies which have assisted Defra (including agencies and non departmental bodies) on major e-government projects since 1 January 2001.

Project Consultancy
RPA Change Programme Schlumberger Sema Consulting
PA Consulting Group
Accenture
Exotic Disease Control Hedra Ltd
Customer Registration Cornwell Management Consultants Delta/Schlumberger Sema
Consulting
Atos KPMG Consulting (AKC)
PA Consulting Group
MAGIC—Multi Agency Landmark Information Group Ltd
Geographical Information for the Countryside ESRI (UK) Ltd
GeoWise
Phoenix1—Bird import and registration systems Amtec Consulting Group
Emissions Trading Register Delta—Sherwood International, Schlumberger Sema Consulting Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC)
Environment Agency Logica CMG
Science systems
British Telecom
In addition to the above, the following projects were undertaken by the Delta public/private partnership of Defra's IT Directorate/ Schlumberger Sema and Sherwood International. In all cases the consultancy element was in excess of £100,000 Schlumberger Sema and Sherwood International
Animal Health Group (AHG): Date Based Exports Scheme
AHG: Scrapie Control System
Animal Movements Licensing Scheme
BSE CENTAUR
Pig Tracing
Scoping Study for the new Veterinary Surveillance System
State Veterinary System (SVS) Generic Disease Control System and other veterinary investigations systems
SVS:Mobile Computing in the Field
SVS:Non—BSE Enhancements
SVS: Vetnet
FAS project
Grants and Subsidies Management Project
Web Based E-Science
Cattle Tracing System
Electronic Delivery for the Plant Health Services
e-Plants Varieties and Seeds
HTR Datacapture and HMI E-forms
Arable Area Payment Scheme E-Forms
Beef Special Premium Scheme Combined Risk Analysis
Extensification Premium Scheme
IACS Aggregated penalties
Monitoring Field Inspections
Suckler Cow Premium Scheme
Sheep Annual Premium Scheme
Sheep Quotas
Sheep Quotas Purchase Scheme
Slaughter Premium Scheme

Note:

1. The projects shown in this list are Defra's larger e-government projects (total cost £100,000 or more) which contribute towards the central target of making 100 per cent. of central Government services available by 2005.

2. Under existing arrangements Defra's application development services are normally provided by the 'Delta' public/private partnership involving Schlumberger Sema and Sherwood International.

3. Other consultancy services will also have been provided under the terms of a framework contract with Fujitsu.

4. To provide a breakdown of consultancy companies/support by cost, or to provide details for smaller projects, would incur

disproportionate cost.