HC Deb 28 November 1996 vol 286 c355W
Ms Church

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to the answer of 7 November,Official Report, columns 709–10, what were the proposed annual savings for the IT project in

1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02
Project 1 -1,435 265 523 660 697 697 747 697
Project 2 -375 -1,488 2,018 770 766 766 766 766 766 766
Project 3 -993 2,077 5,373 5,205 5,205 5,205
Project 4 -220 -1,499 847 797 832 752 591
Project 5 -60 -534 28 279 279 279 279 279
Project 6 -1,329 -63 1,625 1,625 1,625 1,625 1,625

The other project was for additional mainframe capacity and the benefit appraisal showed costs for the extra capacity. Benefits were in continuation of existing systems. These benefits were not included in the discounted cash flow. The costs for the project were:

1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000
Project 7 235 -665 677 647 617 589 561 -340

Projects 4, 5 and 6 were transferred to the Department of Trade and Industry and we do not have information on realised savings or projected savings.

For the other projects, we have not yet carried out reviews that evaluate the actual savings against proposed savings. To provide this information would incur disproportionate cost.