§ Mr. OatenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent on purchasing and upgrading IT equipment in each of his Department's executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies in(a) 2002 and (b) 2003. [138526]
§ Fiona MactaggartThe information requested, which was provided to the hon. Gentleman on 30 October 2003 in response to UIN 135895, is as follows:
Core Home Office:
Notes:
1. The figures are expenditure incurred by the Home Department
2. 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.
Financial Year (FY)
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
National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) Time Period Totals (£) Part FY 01 January 2002–31 March 2002 476,629 Full FY 01 April 2002–31 March 2003 1,408,661 Part FY 01 April 2003–30 September 2003 356,039 2,241,329 NCIS Note:
1. The period January 2002 to March 2002 includes the start of a major project to upgrade infrastructure and desktops to Windows 2000 (excludes laptops).
2. April 2002 to March 2003 includes the completion of the rollout of Windows 2000 and the acquisition of an electronic email archive.
3. April 2003 to September 2003 includes equipment to meet Business Continuity requirements.
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Criminal Records Bureau Time Period Totals (£) Part FY 01 January 2002–31 March 2002 4,000 Full FY 01 April 2002–31 March 2003 251,000 Part FY 01 April 2003–30 September 2003 176,000 431,000
United Kingdom Passport Service: Time Period Totals (£) Part FY 01 January 2002–31 March 2002 32,117 Full FY 01 April 2002–31 March 2003 671,639 Part FY 01 April 2003–30 September 2003 103,164 806,920
Police Information Technology Organisation: Time Period Totals (£) Part FY 01 January 2002–31 March 2002 136,611 Full FY 01 April 2002–31 March 2003 650,314 Part FY 01 April 2003–30 September 2003 60,980 847,905
Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC): Time Period Totals (£) Part FY 01 January 2002–31 March 2002 N/A Full FY 01 April 2002–31 March 2003 N/A Part FY 01 April 2003–30 September 2003 1,540,171 1,540,171 IPCC Note:
IPCC is a new Agency and as such has no IT expenditure prior to this financial year. All costs for 2003 are connected with the start up operation of the IPCC.
Asset Recovery Agency (ARA):
The return for the Asset Recovery Agency is NIL as until very recently, IT was encompassed within a Managed Service Contract for the ARA premises and as such the IT spend element was not transparent.
Criminal Cases Review Commission:
After six years of operation the Criminal Cases Review Commission is now undertaking a programme of upgrades to software and hardware in line with its Information Systems strategy. This means that expenditure in the periods of the question is higher than would be the case for simply routine operations.
Time Period Totals (£) Part FY 01 January 2002–31 March 2002 6,508 Full FY 01 April 2002–31 March 2003 223,480 Part FY 01 April 2003–30 September 2003 58,630 288,618 833W
Forensic Science Service: Time Period Totals (£) Part FY 01 January 2002–31 March 2002 585,000 Full FY 01 April 2002–31 March 2003 3,063,000 Part FY 01 April 2003–30 September 2003 1,942,000 5,590,000
Security Industry Authority (SIA) Time Period Totals (£) Part FY 01 January 2002–31 March 2002 Included in Home Office return Full FY 01 April 2002–31 March 2003 Included in Home Office return Part FY 01 April 2003–30 September 2003 16,000 16,000 Note: Security Industry Authority
The SIA was established 1 April 2003. Prior to this date any IT spend associated with the set up would have been covered within the core Home Office expenditure.