§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage how many outsourcing contracts were granted by her 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, Equipment supplement 3p per mile (g) Andersen Consulting (h) Centre File, (j) Telecom Capita, (k) ICL, (l) Digital Equipment, (m) CFM, (n) Seimens, (o) Nixdorf, (p) CMG and (g) Logica. [36960]
§ Mr. SproatMy Department was established on 13 April 1992. IT service provision has been outsourced in line with the policy set out in the White Paper on "Competing for Quality". Sema Group won the contract through competitive tender. The value of the contract is of the order of £1 million per annum. Neither of my Department's two agencies has outsourced any contracts to the companies mentioned in the questioned.