HC Deb 09 November 2000 vol 356 c405W
Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what work has been undertaken since 1996 for the Court Service by(a) Information Initiatives and (b) Myriad. [137322]

Jane Kennedy

Since 1996, Information Initiatives and Myriad have undertaken the following work for the Court Service:

  1. (a) Information Initiatives: supporting specific IT projects in the Royal Courts of Justice; assisting in the project which set up the Court Service HQ network (SOAP); supporting the Court Service HQ network; assisting in the implementation of the Court Service managing agents system (MANIFEST); assisting the development of a word-processing interface for the Public Trust Office system (TARA); consulting on an Immigration Appeals system; and working on Y2K issues.
  2. (b) Myriad: advising on aspects of a PFI contract; providing support to the Crown court system (CREST); and to the County court system (CASEMAN); supporting the Court Service HQ network (SOAP); working on Y2K issues; assisting with the business case for the jury summoning system (JUROR); carrying out initial work on a bid for the Capital Modernisation Fund; and assisting with IT on the Crown Court Programme.