§ Richard Younger-RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 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 277W (iii) Northern Ireland, and (b) foreign companies; and what are the names of the companies falling within category(a). [33679]
§ Mr. MorleyDEFRA came into being in June 2001. Currently there are over 100 centrally managed IT contracts in place and it is expected that the core Department will spend around £61 million on IT systems and support this year, including an element for internal service provision. This sum excludes a contract relating
Contract details Contractor Registered office Description Type of contract Start date Lason Information Management Ltd. England Data capture management services Service provision agreement August 2000 Global Crossing England Wide area data networking services Framework May 2000 Compuware Ltd. England Uniface software licensing and support Support agreement April 2000 International Computers Ltd. England IT supply, maintenance and support services Framework April 1999 Sema Group UK Ltd. England Applications development services Framework April 1999 Sherwood International Group Ltd. England Applications development services Framework April 1999 SAS Software Ltd. England SAS software licences Support agreement January 1999 Vodafone Corporate Limited England Mobile communication services Framework 1998 Computer Associates England Network licences Support agreement March 1988 Oracle Corporation UK Ltd. England Consultancy and education services Service provision agreement May 1997 Oracle Corporation UK Ltd. England Gold software support service Support agreement May 1997 Fujitsu Siemens Computers Ltd. England Unidata software licensing and support Support agreement February 1997 PC World Business Direct England Computer supplies/products Framework 1996 Orion Media Marketing Ltd. England Computer supplies/products Framework 1996 Abacus Direct Marketing and Computer Services Ltd. England Processor controlled keying services Service provision agreement July 1996 Siemens Communications Ltd. England Telephone systems and services Framework November 1993 British Telecommunications Plc England Leased date circuits Framework May 1990