HC Deb 08 May 1990 vol 172 c55W
Mr. Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether any further payments were made to the contractor responsible for the August 1986 contract to install in his Department a computerised management information system following the £1 million payment referred to in paragraph 3.25 of the National Audit Office report on the Welsh Office: Financial Management.

Mr. David Hunt

A payment was made to the contractor in January 1990 following delivery, installation, testing and acceptance of the finance systems which were the final component of the contract with the Welsh Office.

Mr. Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales for how long the period of dual running of the manual and computerised financial management information systems persisted prior to the introduction on 1 April of the operational management system; and whether the manual financial information system has now ended.

Mr. David Hunt

The new computerised financial information system was comprehensively tested between November 1989 and March 1990. During this period, its output was compared and reconciled with the partially computerised system which has now been superseded.