HC Deb 19 December 2001 vol 377 c383W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on the saving from the contract for IS and IT services to deliver new wide area network services. [18983]

Mr. McCartney

The contract price of the new WAN service is broadly comparable to that of the old one.

However, the Department will receive a significantly improved service in the areas of service flexibility, performance, management information and security, and so position the Department to further modernise its IT in the future.