§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) if he will make a statement on the saving from the ACCORD contract for strategic outsourcing of IS and IT services; [18989]
(2) if he will make a statement on the saving arising from his Department's public-private partnership for the support of IT needs. [19260]
§ Mr. McCartneyThe objectives of Strategic Outsourcing are:
To achieve improved value for money for the delivery of current operations and new developments;To facilitate the award of contracts for future allocations of business in support of the Welfare Reform Agenda;To deliver current and future IS/IT services and operations;To develop and manage the migration of existing and new business systems onto a shared systems infrastructure, in line with the Department's IS/IT Strategy.Strategic Outsourcing therefore has not been undertaken solely on the basis of cash savings. However, estimates over the contract period have shown reduced costs for the outsourcing approach