§ Norman LambTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on his 349W Department's procurement policy with regard to offshore IT and call centre outsourcing; whether his Department is outsourcing IT and call centre jobs to offshore companies; to which countries his Department has outsourced these jobs; how much his Department has spent on this outsourcing in each of the last two years; and how much has been budgeted for this purpose for the next two years. [147591]
§ Mr. BrowneThe Department has no plans to outsource to countries abroad work performed by DWP call centre staff. The Department contracts for IT delivery work with IT providers, many of whom are worldwide organisations. There have been no specific IT contracts targeted offshore.