§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what contracts his Department has awarded to KBR; the value of the contracts; and if he will estimate the total fees to date. [144946]
§ Mr. HuttonFollowing a formal competitive procurement exercise, Kellogg, Brown & Root (KBR) were awarded a contract to provide professional programme management and planning services to the national programme for information technology in the National Health Service. The total fees paid from March 2003 to date are £5.8 million.
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§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what contracts have been awarded under the NHS National Programme for information technology. [144947]
§ Mr. HuttonThe national programme for information technology in the National Health Service focuses on the key developments that will make a significant difference to improving the patient experience and the delivery of care and services. There are four key deliverables: electronic appointment booking, an electronic care records service, an electronic prescribing service and an underpinning IT infrastructure. The following contracts have been awarded
to British Telecom to set up and run the national NHS care records service, worth a total of £620 million over 10 years;to Accenture as the local service provider (LSP) in the North East, worth a total of £1,099 million over 10 years;to BT as the LSP for London, worth a total of £996 million over 10 years as the LSP in the North East and London clusters;to SchlumbergerSema to provide core services for the national Electronic Booking System, valued at £64.5 million over five years.The remaining three LSP contracts for the Southern, Eastern, North West and West Midlands clusters, and the national NHS network (N3) will be awarded in due course.