§ Ms LawrenceTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what projects have secured funding from the Invest to Save Budget. [65564]
§ Mr. MilburnThe Invest to Save Budget (ISB) was set up to help develop projects which bring together two or more public service bodies to deliver services in an innovative and efficient fashion. Overall provision for the ISB has been increased from £150m to £230m and, from that sum, £120m has been allocated to 33 projects following the first bidding round. The additional £80m allocated to the ISB will enable the programme to fund the new Single Work Focused Gateway. The full list of winning projects and the amounts allocated to each are set out in the following table:
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Lead department Project Funding provided (£million) Department of Finance and Personnel, Common computerised bureau enabling departments to use electronic 1.357 Northern Ireland catalogues to purchase goods and services Department of Finance and Personnel, Electronic transfer of prescription data between GPs, the Social Security 2.100 Northern Ireland Agency, pharmacists and government Department of Finance and Personnel, Self service electronic kiosks providing access to labour market and 0.200 Northern Ireland benefits information Department of Finance and Personnel, Electronic network providing access to information held on vehicles by 0.356 Northern Ireland various agencies DCMS Study of feasibility of establishing an integrated public transport and tourist 0.050 information electronic database Welsh Office Provision of range of agricultural and other services for rural communities 11.96 via 'one stop shops' and improvement of payments system for farmers