§ Brian WhiteTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what progress his Department has made to manage the changeover from the Bank Automated Clearing System to the new BACSTEL-IP system for electronic payments. [164312]
Mr. Gareth ThomasDFID has carried out some preliminary research with suppliers and will initiate a project in June to migrate our systems to BACSTEL-IP. It is anticipated that this project will be completed before the end of this year.
The requirement to comply with BACSTEL-IP has also been incorporated into the specifications for new systems.