§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list(a) the main software systems in use in his Department on the date of commencement of the Osiris network and (b) the purposes for which the systems were installed; and to whom the intellectual property rights belong. [14340]
§ Mr. HagueThe following table gives details of the main software systems in use in the Welsh Office at the start of the Osiris contract. Intellectual property rights rest with the Welsh Office for bespoke systems and with the suppliers for commercial packages.
Type of purpose Product Commercial/Bespoke Office automation Display Write Commercial Lotus 123 Commercial Smart Commercial Financial package JBA Commercial Statistical package SPSS Commercial Highways information Access Bespoke Grant administration Dataflex Financial information Ingress Visual C Visual basic Smart
§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if part of his Department's computer(a) hardware and (b) software systems was transferred to the Osiris project and its private owners; and what policy his Department agreed with the company installing Osiris under the 758W private finance initiative as to (i) the disposal of redundant computer hardware and software systems and (ii) the transfer of intellectual property rights. [14349]
§ Mr. HagueOwnership of part of my Department's computer hardware passed to Siemens Business Services under the Osiris contract. There was no transfer of ownership for software systems. Siemens Business Services is required under the contract to remove unwanted equipment with minimum disruption and to meet the Department's security requirements for equipment no longer in use. As no software systems were transferred the question of the transfer of intellectual property rights does not arise.
§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the main types of computers in use in his Department on the date of commencement of the Osiris network; and if he will categorise those computers by age and approximate capital value when new and after depreciation. [14348]
§ Mr. HagueThe following table gives details of the main types of computer in use in the Welsh Office at the start of the Osiris contract.
Age range Original value Depreciated value Type (years) (£) (£) Personal computers 1 to 10 — 12,350,000 Machines under UNIX 1 to 6 154,727 99,317 AS400 2 to 6 415,895 59,413 Mainframe 4381 10 1,350,000 Nil 1 Personal Computers have a depreciation life of three years, at the end of which their value is nil. To have replaced all the personal computers with new equipment would have cost about £2,350,00.