§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his answer of 19 December 2001,Official Report, column 302W, on benefit fraud, if he will state the exact contract price of the new WAN service and its predecessor. [30135]
§ Malcolm WicksThe contract for the new WAN service was let to the BT led ACCORD Consortium ARCWAY through open competition. The contract price for the WAN is therefore commercially confidential.
The contract price of the new WAN service is broadly comparable to that of the old one and is at the lower price end of industry benchmarks for this type of service.
Invoices paid Invoices paid within target Percentage of invoices paid within target Invoice paid outside target Percentage of invoices paid outside target Benefits Agency 151,609 144,104 95.05 7,505 4.95 Child Support Agency 22,869 20,863 91.23 2,006 8.77 Headquarters 38,919 36,142 92.86 2,777 7.14 Independent Statutory Bodies 539 533 98.89 6 1.11 War Pensions Agency 3,612 3,581 99.14 31 0.86 Appeals Service 10,638 10,191 95.80 447 4.20 Total 228,186 215,414 94.40 12,772 5.60