HC Deb 07 November 1996 vol 284 cc667-8W
Ms Church

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many information technology projects have been undertaken since 1992, and are planned for the coming year, arranged in cost bands of £1,000,000. [1918]

Table 1
£ thousand
11987–88 11988–89 11989–90 11990–91 11991–92 11992–93 11993–94 11994–95 21995–96
Capital allocation for introduction of community charge 6,000 15,000
Community charge grant 437,000 16,000 9,000 7,445 3,780
Community charge transitional relief 24,000 2,000
Community charge reduction scheme 140,000 107,000 3,050 86
Community charge rebilling grant 4,000
Council tax transitional relief 17,000 3,137 216
Council tax valuation grant 1,000 7,000 1,600

Source:

1 Scottish Office Development Report.

2 Scottish Office Outtum figures (Branch files).

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

An analysis of capital costs of IT projects undertaken by the Scottish Office since 1992 and approved for 1997–98 is as follows:

Expenditure band Number of projects
£0 to £1 million 60
£1 million to £2 million 9
£2 million to £3 million 3
£3 million to £4 million 0
£4 million to £5 million 1
£5 million to £6 million 0
£6 million to £7 million 0
£7 million to £8 million 1

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