§ Mr. Clifton-BrownTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development 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 760W 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. [27853]
§ Clare ShortThe Department for International Development's major computer systems implemented in the last 5 years are as follows:
- Resource Accounting System (RAB)
- Purchase cost of software—£271,000
- Final cost of system—£2,000,000
- Actual commissioning date—February 1998
- Management Accounting System Migration (MIS)
- System developed, not purchased
- Final cost of system—£1,784,000
- Actual commissioning date—February 1998
- Pensions System Migration
- System developed, not purchased
- System developed jointly with MIS, so costs included above
- Actual commissioning date—February 1998
- Replacement Office System (ASSIST)
- System developed, not purchased
- Final cost of system—£3,332,000
- Planned commissioning date—end December 1996 (UK) mid 1997 (overseas)
- Actual commissioning date—end December 1996 (UK) end December 1997 (overseas)
Systems to be implemented in the next Financial Year are as follows:
- Project Information Monitoring System (PRISM)
- System being developed, not purchased
- Planned cost £1 million (£600,000 this Financial Year)
- Planned commissioning date—First quarter Financial Year 1998–99
- DFID Intranet
- System being developed, not purchased
- Cost to date—£84,000
- Planned commissioning date—March 1998