§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if the(a) NCSC IS infrastructure, (b) NCSC Registration and Inspection Package, (c) NCSC Finance Package and (d) NCSC pay and personnel system have been completed on time; and what the final costs of each project are. [50070]
§ Jacqui Smith[holding answer 17 April 2002]: The design and testing stages of the information systems infrastructure project completed on time. The roll out of the information systems infrastructure to each office has been under way since July 2001. A total of 69 offices have been fully rolled out with a further 11 due to complete by July. Final costs are not available, as the project has not completed but are not expected to exceed the £19.6 million budget for the project.
The registration and inspection system project is expected to complete in June 2002 as scheduled. However the system is now available for initial processing of applications and the start of training. The final costs are not available as the project has not completed but are not expected to exceed the £4.5 million budget for the project.
The finance information technology system was in place on 2 April 2002 as scheduled. Final cost for the project will be £1.4 million.
The pay and personnel system is scheduled to be completed on time at a cost of £1.1 million.