HC Deb 16 October 1995 vol 264 cc4-5W
Mr. McNamara

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many outsourcing contracts were granted by his Department or agencies in each year since 1990, indicating the nature and value of each contract; and if any additional work was added and of what value to(a) Hoskyns/Cap Gemini Segeti, (b) AT and T Istel, (c) EDS, (d) Sema Group, (e) Datasolve, (f) ITN Net, (g) Anderson Consulting, (h) Centre File, (i) BIS, (j) Telecom Capita, (k) ICL, (l) Digital Equipment, (m) CFM, (n) Siemens, (o) Nixdorf, (p) CMG and (q) Logica. [36995]

Mr. John M. Taylor

The Chief Executives of the Land Registry and the Public Record Office will respond on behalf of their agencies. The chief executives of the Public Trust Office will also respond on behalf of this agency for expenditure from 1 July 1994.

For my Department, including the Court Service agency, two outsourcing contracts have been granted since 1990, one to Capita—the parent company of Telecom Capita—for specific research work at a value of £40,851 in the financial year 1992–93 and one to Digital Equipment for system development and implementation at a value of £429,362 in the financial year 1993–94. Additional work for the latter contract came to £16,346.

Letter from Sarah Tyacke to Mr. Kevin McNamara, dated 16 October 1995:

I have been asked by the Lord Chancellor's Parliamentary Secretary to reply to your question about outsourcing contracts.

The Public Record Office granted no outsourcing contracts to any of the companies which you list. It did, however, grant a turnkey contract for the supply of hardware, software, specially written software and services to Logica in December 1991. The value of this contact, as published in the Official Journal of the European Communities, was £1,318,265. Two further small contracts for enhancements were awarded to Logica in 1994 and 1995. The value of these is restricted on commercial grounds.

Letter from John Manthorpe to Mr. Kevin McNamara, dated 16 October 1995:

I have been asked by the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, to reply to your recent question concerning outsourcing contacts granted since 1990. HM Land Registry has granted no such contracts during the period to the 16 organisations specified.

Letter from Julia C. Lomes to Mr. Kevin McNamara, dated 16 October 1995:

The Parliamentary Secretary has asked me to reply as part of the Lord Chancellor's Department's response to your Parliamentary Question, listed on 20 July 1995, regarding outsourcing contracts awarded each year since 1990.

The Public Trust Office became an Executive Agency on 1 July 1994 and since that date no outsourcing contracts have been awarded by this office. The Public Trust Office will be covered by the Lord Chancellor's Department reply in respect of the period from 1990 to 30 June 1994.