HC Deb 11 February 2002 vol 380 cc42-3W
Richard Younger-Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales 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 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). [33688]

Mr. Paul Murphy

Since it was established on 1 July 1999, the Information Technology requirements of the Wales Office have been met, by means of a service level agreement, through the PFI contract which the National Assembly for Wales holds with Siemens Business Systems. The costs are as follows:

1999–2000 (July to March)

  • £180,250

2000–01 (full year)

  • £216,300

2001–02 (April to December)

  • £162,220.

Prior to 1 July 1999 the cost of the Siemens Business Systems PFI contract to the former Welsh Office was:

1997–98 (full year)

  • £7,829,546

1998–1999 (full year)

  • £12,903,892.

No contracts have been let by the Secretary of State for Wales since July 1999. Before that date 14 contracts were let in the calendar year 1998 of which:

  1. (i) 14 were companies registered in England or Wales.
  2. (ii) 0 were companies registered in Scotland.
  3. (iii) 0 were companies registered in Northern Ireland.
  4. (iv) 0 were companies registered in Foreign Countries.

The companies at (i) above were:

  • Anite
  • Cable and Wireless
  • Cardiff University
  • Cathedral Consortium
  • Hedra
  • SEMA (two contracts)
  • ICL
  • Level-7 Ltd. (since renamed to ECsoft)
  • Lorien
  • Parity
  • W. S. Atkins (three contracts).

There is no central record of contracts entered into by the former Welsh Office prior to 1998.

Notes:

All the information above relates solely to IT systems and support. Telephone costs are not included.

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