§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many contracts his Department, agencies and associated bodies have had with EDS for each year since 1985; what was the value of each contract; if he will indicate for each contract(a) if it was completed, (b) what modifications were made at the request of (i) the company and (ii) the Department and (c) if work under contract is being undertaken in-house; and if he will make a statement on the number of job reductions in his Department arising from the contracting out of work by EDS. [3797]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordMy Department currently has no contracts with EDS. Information on contracts completed prior to 1995 together with full information on the Department's agencies and associated bodies is obtainable only at disproportionate cost.
The following contracts were completed in 1995:
Year of inception Contract value£ Modifications 1992 358,000 Three—one at the company's request and two at DOE's request 1995 30,000 None 1995 6,000 None No job reductions resulted as the contracts did not cover in-house tasks that were being outsourced.