§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department (1) what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for a Resource Accounting and Management Information System for the Lord Chancellor's Department by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative; [49662]
(2) what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Probate Records Centre for the Lord Chancellor's Department by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative; [49669]
(3) what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Local County Court Systems for the Lord Chancellor's Department by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative; [49661]
(4) what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Libra project for the Lord Chancellor's Department by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative. [49550]
§ Mr. WillsBefore the award of the contracts for the Resource Accounting and Management Information System (ARAMIS), the Local County Court Systems (LOCCS) and the Libra project the contract values were compared with public sector comparators and demonstrated value for money.
Since the award of these contract additional work has been commissioned which was not included in the original comparison. It is not possible to produce a lifetime 'comparative' savings figure for these contracts because of work that has taken place since contract award. However, additional work commissioned under these contracts is subject to an evaluation process to ensure that value for money is achieved.
Savings over the lifetime of the contract for the Probate Records Centre are estimated at £16.4 million.