§ Angela SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will announce the conclusions of the Prison Service's review of the Quantum project. [70899]
§ Mr. StrawThe Prison Service's six-month review of the Quantum project announced on 10 August 1998 has been concluded. I have seen the review report. The Director General and the Executive Committee of the Prison Service endorses the recommendation made in the report to take the project forward by means of a framework agreement in partnership with one of the two short-listed suppliers. The contract will cover an Information Technology infrastructure service, joint development of a strategy for Information Technology-based business change and an agreed mechanism for implementing business change on a partnership basis.