EDS Ltd. (Hansard, 3 April 1996)

§ Mr. Redmond
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what out-sourcing contracts his agencies have with the EDS software computer system; what is the current cost; when the contract ends; what are the penalties involved should he seek early termination of the contract; and if he will make a statement. [23739]

§ Mr. Arbuthnot
This is a matter for the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, the Hydrographic Office and the Meteorological Office under their framework documents. I have asked the chief executives to write to the hon. Member.
Letter from John Chisholm to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 3 April 1996: You asked the Secretary of State for Defence for details about out-sourcing contracts his agencies have with the EDS software computer system. I am replying on behalf of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA). I have assumed that the question refers only to computer software systems and I have based my answer on this. DERA does not have any such contracts with EDS. I hope this is helpful.
Letter from J. P. Clarke to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 3 April 1996: 1. You recently asked the Secretary of State for Defence two Parliamentary Questions relating to out-sourcing contracts with EDS software computer systems. As your questions relate, in part to the Hydrographic Office and such issues fall within my responsibility as Chief Executive of the Hydrographic Office, I have been asked to reply to you. 2. I have assumed you would not object if I were to answer both of your questions in this letter and on that basis I can advise you that the Hydrographic Office has no out-sourcing contract with EDS. Furthermore the Hydrographic Office has never had any out-sourcing arrangement with EDS and, as a consequence, no savings can be reported. 3, I hope this information has been helpful.
Letter from J. C. R. Hunt to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 3 April 1996: As Chief Executive of the Meterological Office I am replying to your recent questions to the Defence Secretary concerning out-sourcing contracts with EDS. We currently have no such contracts.

§ Mr. Redmond
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the savings to date to his Department and his Department's agencies from out-sourcing arrangements made with the EDS software computer system; what assessment he has made of the equivalent costs for carrying out this work in-house; and if he will make a statement. [24360]

§ Mr. Arbuthnot
This information is not held centrally for my Department and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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The matters fall also, however, to the chief executives of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, the Hydrographic Office and the Meteorological Office under their framework documents. I have asked the chief executives of those agencies to write to the hon. Member.
Letter from John Chisholm to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 3 April 1996: You asked the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the savings to-date to his Department and his Department's agencies from out-sourcing arrangements made with the EDS software computer system compared with the use of in-house services. I am replying on behalf of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA). I have assumed that the question refers only to computer software systems and I have based my answer on this. DERA does not have any such contracts with EDS. I hope this is helpful.
Letter from J. C. R. Hunt to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 3 April 1996: As Chief Executive of the Meteorological Office I am replying to your recent questions to the Defence Secretary concerning out-sourcing contracts with EDS. We currently have no such contracts.
Letter from J. P. Clarke to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 3 April 1996: 1. You recently asked the Secretary of State for Defence two Parliamentary Questions relating to out-sourcing contracts with EDS software computer systems. As your questions relate, in part to the Hydrographic Office and such issues fall within my responsibility as Chief Executive of the Hydrographic Office, I have been asked to reply to you. 2. I have assumed you would not object if I were to answer both of your questions in this letter and on that basis I can advise you that the Hydrographic Office has no out-sourcing contract with EDS. Furthermore the Hydrographic Office has never had any out-sourcing arrangement with EDS and, as a consequence, no savings can be reported. I hope this information has been helpful.