§ Mr. SayeedTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list IT contracts in his Department above £50 million in each of the last 10 years; what the inception date for each system was; when it became fully functional; when it became fully debugged; and what the cost of over-runs has been. [99010]
§ Mr. BlunkettI am unable to provide the hon. Member with a complete answer as central records are not held on the information sought, and to obtain the requested information in the time given may incur disproportionate cost. I am, however able to provide the following information on IT contracts held by the Home Department which were valued at £50 million or more, detailing date of inception and also when systems became fully functional:
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Contract Inception date Fully functional Criminal Records Bureau Contract with Capita August 2000 May 2001—Manual Registration Services Launched July 2001—Registration Services Launched March 2002—High Level Disclosure Service Launched Home Office IT Services 10 year Contract October 2000 February 2001 Provision of Information Communication Technology October 2001 December 2001 Services to the Probation Service 1Contract is a multi-disciplinary one, which is not exclusively IT.