§ Mr. Duncan SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what the total expenditure on the NIRS2 computer system has been to date; what the estimated total expenditure on completion of the NIRS2 computer system is; and what the original bid by Andersen Consulting for setting up the NIRS2 computer system was. [75182]
§ Mr. TimmsPayments for the NIRS2 service commenced from 13 July 1998. Expenditure to date has been £2.85 million. Andersen Consulting (AC) are contracted to provide the NIRS2 service until 5 April 2004. Due to the delayed go-live of the NIRS2 system, it is currently estimated that £39 million will be paid to AC for NIRS2 in that time. The bid submitted by AC for designing, developing, implementing and maintaining the NIRS2 service to 5 April 2004 was £44.8 million.