§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the President of the Council how many installations of computer equipment in hon. Members' offices(a) within the parliamentary estate and (b) elsewhere since the inception of the current scheme remain incomplete; and how many were satisfactorily completed (i) within the timetable agreed with each Member concerned and (ii) by the end of each month including and since July 2001. [31111]
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§ Mr. Robin CookApproximately 1,280 installations have been undertaken since 5 July 2001, just over half of them on the parliamentary estate. 61 are awaiting completion. Many of these have been deferred at the Member's request and await further instructions.
Satisfaction levels with the new equipment are generally high.
The number of installations completed during each month since July 2001 is shown in the table.
Number of installations July 2001 0 August and September 2001 229 October 2001 315 November 2001 550 December 2001 142 January 20021 44 Total 1,280 1 Until 28 January.
§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the President of the Council how many hon. Members have had computer equipment installed in offices(a) within the parliamentary estate and (b) elsewhere since the inception of the current scheme; and of them how many were not Members of the last Parliament. [31110]
§ Mr. Robin Cook528 Members have had equipment installed since the arrangements for central provision of IT equipment took effect in July. The number of installations to date is 1,280, and just over half of these were on the parliamentary estate. 95 of the Members who have received this equipment were not Members of the last Parliament.
§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the President of the Council how many contractors have been retained to install computer equipment in Members' offices(a) within the parliamentary estate and (b) elsewhere since the inception of the current scheme; and what assessment he has undertaken of their effectiveness. [31112]
§ Mr. Robin CookA third party supplier, Computacenter, provided contractors to install this equipment. I understand that up to 20 individuals were engaged on this task on any given day. A breakdown of their place of work is not readily available.
Officials monitored the performance of the contractor by means of a system of weekly review. Any concerns were passed on to the contractor for action. We are hopeful that shortcomings experienced in the early months of the scheme have now been rectified and that the contractor is now meeting key targets.