§ Mr. Clifton-BrownTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if she will list each major new computer system that(a) her Department, (b) non-departmental bodies and (c) agencies under her responsibility have purchased in the last five years; what was the initial purchase cost and what was the final cost; what was each system's (i) planned and (ii) actual date of commissioning; what major computer systems will be purchased by bodies in categories (a), (b) and (c) in the next financial year; and what is their estimated cost. [27848]
§ Mr. Paul MurphyThe information for the Northern Ireland Office and the Northern Ireland Departments is listed in the table.
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Cost (£000s) Commission date Estimated Actual Planned Actual 1998–99 Office of the Director of Public Prosecution 750 - - - Department of Education PC Roll Out 592 - - - Department of Education Sun System Upgrade 247 - - - Department of Agriculture Communications Strategy Implementation 220 - - - Animal and Public Health System 2,400 - - - (b) Non Departmental Public Bodies System 1993–94 RUC Criminal Intelligence System 118 125 January 1994 April 1994 Police Authority Fleet Management System 470 505 January 1994 January 1994 Prism Specialist RUC System 517 530 March 1994 June 1994 1994–95 RUC Automated Fingerprint Recognition 900 900 April 1994 April 1994 Police Authority Financial Stores and Purchasing Systems 845 900 April 1994 April 1994 Fire Authority (NI) Business Systems 341 341 December 1994 December 1994 Fire Authority (NI) CAD and Scanning System 189 189 March 1995 June 1995 1995–96 Nil 1996–97 RUC Message Handling System with Data Network 5,773 6,900 August 1996 November 1996 Computerised Information for the Management of Further Education in NI 1,194 1,257 June 1997 August 1997 Fire Authority (NI) Geographical Information System 164 164 September 1996 Ongoing Fire Authority (NI) Business Support Contract 420 - March 1997 Ongoing 1997–98 Police Authority Office Automation System 160 160 January 1998 February 1998 1998–99 RUC Integrated Criminal Information System 1,000 - - - Policy Authority Payroll Computer System 250 - - - RUC Manpower Administration and Registry System 3,146 - - - Education and Library Boards Accruals Accounting System 1,500 - - - Belfast Link Laboratories Laboratory Management System 1,170 - - - South and East Belfast Trust Community Information System 458 - - - Fire Authority (NI) Command and Control Communication System 2,800 - - - Fire Authority (NI) Business Support Systems 2,100 - - - Fire Authority (NI) Payroll System 155 - - - Housing Executive Financial Systems 476 - - - (c) Agencies Systems 1993–94 Construction Service CAD Expansion 208 208 February 1994 February 1994 Roads Service Fleet Management 180 191 October 1993 March 1995 Roads Service Date Communications 750 819 February 1994 February 1994 1994–95 Rate Collection Agency Billing System 1,200 1,200 November 1994 February 1995 Roads Service Traffic Accident Analysis 186 222 December 1994 October 1995 Water Service Laboratory Information Management 364 407 March 1995 March 1996 1995–96 Construction Service CAD Expansion 125 125 January 1996 March 1996 Construction Service MACAWS 171 182 April 1995 Ongoing Road Service Maintenance (Client) System 1,395 1,490 July 1995 November 1997 Water Service Oracle Financials 1,089 1,733 April 1995 April 1995 T&EA Training Information Management System 160 160 April 1995 April 1995 1996–97 Construction Service Maintenance Management 207 228 December 1996 July 1997 Water Service Stores and Purchasing 375 223 March 1997 June 1997
Cost (£000s) Commission date Estimated Actual Planned Actual 1997–98 Construction Service CAD Upgrade 290 - March 1998 Ongoing Public Records Office (NI) Management System 200 200 December 1997 February 1998 Water Service Metered Billing 446 489 April 1997 April 1998 Industrial Research and Technology Unit Laboratory Information Management System 310 310 May 1997 March 1998 1998–99 Construction Service Work Order Processing 120 - - - Construction Service Costing, Charging and Project Control 122 - - - Training and Employment Agency Information Systems 750 - - - Forensic Science Agency DIP 200 - - - Prisons Office Automation 247 - - -