HL Deb 29 January 2003 vol 643 cc157-8WA
Earl Attlee

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What was the full cost of splitting the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency into the Defence Scientific and Technical Laboratory and Qinetic; and [HL1189]

What was the expenditure on information technology systems relating to the splitting of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency into the Defence Scientific and Technical Laboratory and Qinetic; and [HL1190]

What was the expenditure on consultants involved in, or advising on, the splitting of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency into the Defence Scientific and Technical Laboratory and Qinetic. [HL1192]

Lord Bach

Given the integrated nature of the public private partnership (PPP) we have not separately costed individual workstreams within the project. However, we expect the total cost, since the PPP was announced in the Strategic Defence Review, to be around £80 million. This includes not only the splitting of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency into the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory and QinetiQ but also the initial options study, the public consultation process, vesting of QinetiQ as a plc and completion of the sale of shares in the company. Of this, approximately £24 million relates to expenditure on IT and infrastructure and approximately £49 million relates to consultancy fees.