§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his answer of 24 March 2004,Official Report, column 922W, on the national programme for information technology (NPfIT), what the total projected cost was for the NPfIT when it was announced in June 2002 (a) up to March 2006 and (b) up to and beyond March 2006. [165302]
§ Mr. HuttonWhen the national programme for information technology in the national health service (NPfIT) was announced in June 2002 the costs were still being assessed and work was ongoing as part of the Spending Review (SR) 2002. The first projected cost for the NPfIT announced in January 2003 as part of SR2002 was £2.3 billion to cover the period April 2004 to March 2006.
We are not considering budgetary requirements as part of SR2004 and the key indicator of the projected cost for the NPfIT following award of the eight contracts is £6.2 billion to cover the period from April 202W 2004 to beyond March 2006. The initial £2.3 billion was allocated as follows: £370 million for 2003–04, £730 million for 2004–05 and £1.2 billion for 2005–06.
§ Mrs. CaltonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much has been spent by(a) primary care trusts and (b) NHS trusts on the National Programme for IT since 2001; and what spending is projected for the next three years; [159140]
(2) what assessment has been made of the cost to each (a) primary care trust and (b) NHS trust for training users of the new IT systems under the National Programme for IT; and what allocation of funding has been made to each for that purpose. [159142]
§ Mr. HuttonThere was no spending on the National Programme for Information Technology (NPfIT) in 2001 nor 2002. The three year expenditure programme started in April 2003 but there has been no local expenditure on the National Programme by primary care trusts and national health service trusts in the last year. The expenditure projection over the three years from April 2003 is shown in the following table and is centrally funded.
In addition to this central funding, the NHS spends its own resources on information technology, mainly for existing IT systems. In 2003–04, it is estimated that the NHS will spend around £880 million. About 70 per cent. of this amount will be spent by NHS trusts with the remainder spent by primary care trusts and strategic health authorities.
As the NPfIT is implemented over the years ahead, an increasing proportion of the existing NHS IT spend will become available to be spent on additional services under the national programme contracts as trusts make local choices. However, it is too soon to accurately predict the proportion.
£million Current estimate 2003–04 330 2004–05 956 2005–06 1,352 Total 2,638 Training requirements for users are being developed as part of the detailed plans for each geographical cluster. This will enable the programme to consider the most appropriate ways of providing training and development and produce firmer costs.
§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the EMIS IT system is one of the accredited systems for the National Programme for IT. [160663]
§ Mr. HuttonEMIS systems have been accredited for use in national health service primary care under the terms of the former "Requirements for Accreditation" process and the new General Medical Services contract.
The National Programme for Information Technology has awarded a number of contracts to local service providers (LSPs) who act as prime contractors to deliver the elements of the NPfIT in a geographical area. It is the primary responsibility of the LSPs to work with a range of other suppliers to deliver the solutions that 203W the NHS needs. This will include working with EMIS and other primary care system providers to ensure that the systems in use across the NHS conform to the national standards required and can be upgraded to integrate with new national applications as they come on line.
§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his Answer of 5 January 2004,Official Report , column 201W, on NHS contracts, what (a) total value and (b) duration was originally set for the contract; and what the total expected (i) value and (ii) duration is. [156351]
§ Mr. HuttonThe value and duration set for the contracts awarded by national programme for information technology in the national health service are as shown in the table.
Contracts awarded by national programme for information technology
Company Value £ million
Expiry Purpose BT 620 2013 National data spine BT 530 2011 National NHS network SchlumbergerSema 64.5 12008 National e-booking service Accenture 1,099 2013 North East local service provider (LSP)
Accenture 934 2013 Eastern LSP BT 996 2013 London LSP CSC 973 2013 North West and West Midlands LSP
Fujitsu 986 2013 Southern LSP 1With an option for renewal.