§ Richard Younger-RossTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what has been the total expenditure of his Department on IT systems and support in each year from May 1997 to date; how many IT contracts have been let in each of those years; of the 1227W other main contracting party in each of those contracts, how many have been (a) companies whose registered office is in (i) England and Wales, (ii) Scotland and (iii) Northern Ireland and (b) foreign companies; and what are the names of the companies falling within category (a). [33674]
§ Mr. WillsThe following shows the total expenditure of the Lord Chancellor's Department on IT systems and support in each year from May 1997 to date and details of IT contracts let in each of those years.
contracts Supplier 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 England and Wales Albany Software — — — — 1 AMP Limited — 1 — — — Assetware Technology Limited — — — 1 — Business Information Technologies — — — 1 — Cable and Wireless — — — — 1 Computers in personnel 1 — — — — Cyberscience Corporation — — — — 1 Dunnett Shaw and Partners — — — — 1 Edis International 1 — — — — MEC Europe Limited — 3 — — — Financial Times Info Limited — — 2 — — Guardian IT Group — — — — 1 ICL — 1 1 — — Information Initiatives 2 1 1 1 — Network Associates — — — — 1 One Zero 1 — — — — PC Associates — — 2 — — Pixel — — 1 — — Respond — 1 — — — Taxsoft — 1 — — — Tower Perrin — 1 — — — Total England and Wales 5 9 7 3 6 Scotland Total Scotland 0 0 0 0 0 Northern Ireland Total Northern Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 Foreign Total Foreign 0 0 0 0 0 In addition to the above the Lord Chancellor's Department also let a PFI contract to CSL Group Ltd. The contract is for the provision of accounting, financial, human resources/payroll and management information services. It was awarded in December 1997 and runs until 4 January 2007. The services have IT elements and are delivered using a corporate IT infrastructure provided through the contract. However, the IT elements of the contract are not separable from the accounting, financial, human resources/payroll or management information service provision elements. Therefore, cost information is expressed for the contract as a whole. Since contract award, in response to new requirements from the Department, there have been a number of significant variations to the services provided within the scope of the contract.
Current estimated total service charges for the life of the contract amounts to £118.05 million.
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Expenditure Lord Chancellor's Department £ million IT systems/support 1997–98 5.38 1998–99 12.84 1999–2000 21.03 2001–01 49.98 2001–02 36.88 Total 126.11