§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if she will make a statement on the savings achieved by the Northern Ireland Court Service's public-private partnership agreement with ICL for the provision of IS/IT services. [14898]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonThe Information Services and Information Technology Agreement between the Northern Ireland Court Service and ICL is a 10 year contract with the main savings and benefits, as identified in the business case, realised through the delivery of new operational systems. Specifically these are the Enforcement of Judgments System and the Integrated Court Operation System due for delivery in late 2001 and 2005 respectively.
Savings since the signing of the contract, at current average costs, have totalled £274,000 with further savings to be achieved on the delivery of the Integrated Court Operations System. The contract has delivered a wide range of non-financial efficiencies with specific emphasis on supporting the Government's modernisation programme including a replacement ICT infrastructure, a corporate desktop and an intranet service.