§ Mr. AllanTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what cost savings have been made in the Department since the introduction of the Information Technology Procurement Centre of Excellence; and how these were calculated. [151052]
§ Mr. LeslieThe majority of systems used within my Department are supplied under outsource agreements with Liberata, EDS and Fujitsu Systems. It is the suppliers' responsibility to monitor the use of these systems and associated equipment. Dependent upon the particular system being used, there are a number of measures taken to ensure proper use. These include
access restrictions ensuring that only authorised personnel can use the systems;controlled change management procedures for adding and removing hardware and software;software auditing and restrictions to ensure unauthorised software/hardware either cannot be installed or that its use is identified; andsoftware monitoring tools to ensure that access and use of the web is monitored and audited.