Information Technology

HC Deb 06 November 2003 vol 412 c750W

Mr. Oaten

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent on purchasing and upgrading IT equipment by his Department(a) in 2003 and (b) in 2002; and what this cost per employee. [135895]

Fiona Mactaggart

The information requested is in the following table:

	Time period	Totals (£)
Part FY	01 January 2002–31 March 2002	36,464,010
Full FY	01 April 2002–31 March 2003	13,017,585
Part FY	01 April 2003–30 September 2003	9,127,403
		58,608,998

Note:

1. (a) The figures are expenditure incurred by the Home Department, which excludes Executive Agencies and Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs).
2. (b) The figures exclude expenditure from the Department's Outsourced Managed Service Contracts for the provision of IT infrastructure services, where the assets have not transferred to the public sector.

The Home Department is unable accurately to reflect the cost per employee of purchasing and upgrading IT equipment due to differing commercial arrangements adopted in its contracts.