§ Mr. ToddTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list each of the functions relating to payment for goods or services supplied for which his Department is responsible indicating the management systems purchased, all subcontractors involved in the work, co-operative arrangements with other Departments; and the costs of the systems and processes in the last year for which figures are available. [12565]
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§ Mr. Tom ClarkeThe Department for Culture, Media and Sport has purchased the Integra Accounting package from GC McKeown Ltd. to perform the processing of payments for goods and services.
The work to process the payments is undertaken by the Department with some functions outsourced to CSL Managed Services Ltd. It has no co-operative arrangements with other Departments. The Department orders the goods and services, certifies the invoices and enters the information into the computer system. CSL arranges for payment either by payable order, banker's automated clearing service or clearing house automated payment service on behalf of the Department. The cost of implementing the new system during 1996–97 was £112,609 including the cost of some sub-contractors, whilst the cost of the work performed by CSL during 1996–97 was £101,850.