HC Deb 08 September 2003 vol 410 c59W
Mr. Flight

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many outsourced IT contracts have been signed by his Department in each year since 1997; how much each of these contracts is worth; with whom they are signed; how many have been renegotiated; how many are still in place; and if he will make a statement. [126198]

Fiona Mactaggart

Since 1997 the Home Office, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) have outsourced the following IT services, which are listed:

Home Office (central)

  1. 1. 2000—HO central—Provision of IT infrastructure services for the core Home Office: signed with Sirius consortium (Fujitsu (formally ICL) supported by IBM (formally PWC) and Global Crossing). Contract value £209 million. Not renegotiated. Contract still in place.
  2. 2. 2001—NPD—Provision infrastructure services: signed with Steria Group. Contract value £50 million. Not renegotiated. Contract still in place.

Agencies

  1. 1. 1998—UKPA—Provision of front end passport scanning: signed with Siemens Business Services. Contract value £80–100 million. Not renegotiated. Contract still in place.
  2. 2. 1998—UKPA—Passport printing service: signed with Security Printing and Systems Ltd. Contract value £134.2 million. Not renegotiated. Contract still in place.
  3. 3. 1999—UKPA—Provision of IT infrastructure services: signed with SEMA. Contract value £3.8 million. Not renegotiated. Contract still in place.
  4. 4. 2000—Prison Service—Provision of IT infrastructure services: EDS supported by PA and Global Crossing (Quantum). Contract value £200 million. Renegotiated in 2002. Contract still in place.
  5. 5. 2000—Crime Reduction Bureau—Provision of IT infrastructure services (10 years): signed with Capita group. Contract value £400 million. Not renegotiated. Contract still in place.
  6. 6. 2000—Criminal Cases Review Commission—Provision of IT managed service: signed with Integris/Steria. Contract value £1,370,956. 2000–04. Renegotiated 2002. Contract still in place.

NDPB

  1. 1. 2000—National Intelligence Service (seven years)—Provision of IS support services: signed with Capita group. Contract value £2.5 million per year. The contract is due to be renegotiated in September 2003. Contract still in place.

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