§ Mr. Clifton-BrownTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list each major new computer system that(a) his Department, (b) non-departmental bodies and (c) agencies under his 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. [27840]
§ Mr. StrawThe available information for computer systems purchases over the past five years, with an initial purchase price over £500,000, is given in the table in cost bands to protect commercial confidentiality.
Initial purchase cost band Computer system Date £500,000–£1,000.000 Prison Service Local Inmate Database 1994 Criminal Cases Review Commission Information System 1997 £1,000,000–£5,000,000 Prison Service Inmate (Criminal Justice Act 1992) Information System 1993 National Criminal Intelligence Service, Alert System 1994 Prison Service Personnel System 1994 Business and Accounting Strategic Systems, Resource Accounting System 1995 Prison Enterprise Services Management Information System 1996 Prison Service Industries and Farms System 1996 £5,000,000–£10,000,000 Immigration and Nationality Directorate Suspect Index System 1993 £10,000,000–£20,000,000 Prison Service Inmate Information System 1993 Prison Service Finance System (FOCUS) 1997 Note:
These figures exclude support, maintenance, Home Office costs, upgrades and infrastructure projects. No new computer systems over £500,000 are reported for the next financial year by the Home Office, Prison Service, United Kingdom Passport Agency, Forensic Service or Fire Service College.
In addition, the Immigration and Nationality Directorate is engaged in a major project using the Private Finance Initiative, which will introduce a new computerised casework system to replace the current paper-based processes.
A full answer could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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