HC Deb 18 November 2003 vol 413 cc831-3W
Mr. Oaten

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent on purchasing and upgrading IT equipment in each of his Department's executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies in(a) 2002 and (b) 2003. [138526]

Fiona Mactaggart

The information requested, which was provided to the hon. Gentleman on 30 October 2003 in response to UIN 135895, is as follows:

Core Home Office:

Notes:

1. The figures are expenditure incurred by the Home Department

2. The figures exclude expenditure from the Department's Outsourced Managed Service Contracts for the provision of IT infrastructure services, where the assets have not transferred to the public sector.

Financial

Year (FY)

Time Period Totals (£)
Part FY 01 January 2002–31 March 2002 36,464,010
Full FY 01 April 2002–31 March 2003 13,017,585
Part FY 01 April 2003–30 September 2003 9,127,403
58,608,998

National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS)
Time Period Totals (£)
Part FY 01 January 2002–31 March 2002 476,629
Full FY 01 April 2002–31 March 2003 1,408,661
Part FY 01 April 2003–30 September 2003 356,039
2,241,329

NCIS Note:

1. The period January 2002 to March 2002 includes the start of a major project to upgrade infrastructure and desktops to Windows 2000 (excludes laptops).

2. April 2002 to March 2003 includes the completion of the rollout of Windows 2000 and the acquisition of an electronic email archive.

3. April 2003 to September 2003 includes equipment to meet Business Continuity requirements.

Criminal Records Bureau
Time Period Totals (£)
Part FY 01 January 2002–31 March 2002 4,000
Full FY 01 April 2002–31 March 2003 251,000
Part FY 01 April 2003–30 September 2003 176,000
431,000

United Kingdom Passport Service:
Time Period Totals (£)
Part FY 01 January 2002–31 March 2002 32,117
Full FY 01 April 2002–31 March 2003 671,639
Part FY 01 April 2003–30 September 2003 103,164
806,920

Police Information Technology Organisation:
Time Period Totals (£)
Part FY 01 January 2002–31 March 2002 136,611
Full FY 01 April 2002–31 March 2003 650,314
Part FY 01 April 2003–30 September 2003 60,980
847,905

Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC):
Time Period Totals (£)
Part FY 01 January 2002–31 March 2002 N/A
Full FY 01 April 2002–31 March 2003 N/A
Part FY 01 April 2003–30 September 2003 1,540,171
1,540,171

IPCC Note:

IPCC is a new Agency and as such has no IT expenditure prior to this financial year. All costs for 2003 are connected with the start up operation of the IPCC.

Asset Recovery Agency (ARA):

The return for the Asset Recovery Agency is NIL as until very recently, IT was encompassed within a Managed Service Contract for the ARA premises and as such the IT spend element was not transparent.

Criminal Cases Review Commission:

After six years of operation the Criminal Cases Review Commission is now undertaking a programme of upgrades to software and hardware in line with its Information Systems strategy. This means that expenditure in the periods of the question is higher than would be the case for simply routine operations.

Time Period Totals (£)
Part FY 01 January 2002–31 March 2002 6,508
Full FY 01 April 2002–31 March 2003 223,480
Part FY 01 April 2003–30 September 2003 58,630
288,618
Forensic Science Service:
Time Period Totals (£)
Part FY 01 January 2002–31 March 2002 585,000
Full FY 01 April 2002–31 March 2003 3,063,000
Part FY 01 April 2003–30 September 2003 1,942,000
5,590,000

Security Industry Authority (SIA)
Time Period Totals (£)
Part FY 01 January 2002–31 March 2002 Included in Home Office return
Full FY 01 April 2002–31 March 2003 Included in Home Office return
Part FY 01 April 2003–30 September 2003 16,000
16,000

Note: Security Industry Authority

The SIA was established 1 April 2003. Prior to this date any IT spend associated with the set up would have been covered within the core Home Office expenditure.