§ Dr. PughTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much he spent on IT(a) maintenance, (b) licences, (c) software and (d) hardware in the last financial year. [125716]
§ Fiona MactaggartThe cost to the Home Department for the above in 2002–03 were
IT Hardware: £7,117,123.35IT Software: £1,617,224.63Maintenance: £120,179,217.54The figures include the Forensic Science Service (FSS) but do not include the Prison Service or Passport Agency who were unable to provide a breakdown of IT expenditure without disproportionate cost to the Department.
The software figures include costs for software licences. The Maintenance figures cover a range of expenditure, namely:
Bulk Printing; Business Projects; Data Entry Services; IT Other Running Costs; IT Services Sema; Siemens Costs; Sirius Costs; Small Business Projects; Standard Workstation Charges; VAT charges.
§ Dr. PughTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what major IT projects with a value in excess of £10,000 he authorised expenditure on in each of the last three financial years. [125725]
§ Fiona MactaggartInformation for the Central Home Office projects in relation to IS/IT and Business Change can be found in the table which excludes the provision of desktop services. The table shows information on relevant IT projects for the Passport Agency.
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Project title Department Financial year Admin IT Passport Agency 2002–03 Passport Cards Passport Agency 2020–03 EPA-2 Passport Agency 2002–03 Lost Stolen and Recovered Passport Agency 2002–03 FRS Passport Agency 2002–03 FCO Data Exchange Omni base Passport Agency 2002–03 Individual values have not been given to protect commercial confidentiality.