§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the operating cost in each year since 1997 was of her Department's(a) ORACLE RAB and (b) anti-fraud control system; and if she will make a statement. [88827]
§ Ms Hewitt[holding answer 14 January 2003]: The information is as follows:
(a) The ORACLE RAB system became operational in December 1998. Operating costs for the system for the financial years in question were as follows:
£million 1997–98 0.00 1998–99 1.04 1999–2000 2.12 2000–01 2.53 2001–02 2.62 (b) The Department has anti-fraud control built into all its financial systems, and it is therefore not possible to quantify the overall operating cost.