§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list each information technology project being undertaken by his Department and its agencies including the(a) start date, (b) planned completion date, (c) current expected completion date,(d) planned cost and (e) current estimated cost; and if he will make a statement. [154680]
§ Mr. HuttonInformation technology projects costing £100,000 or more currently underway within the Department of Health and its agencies are shown in the table.
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Project name Start Planned end date Current expected end date Planned cost (£000) Current estimated cost (£000) Children Looked After 61 September 2002 May 2004 May 2004 383 344 DH Finance System April 2002 May 2004 May 2004 6,010 5,330 DH Internet Content Management System/Service November 2002 October 2003 February 2004 3,000 3,450 DH Personnel System-Improvements and upgrade March 2003 March 2004 March 2004 425 376 e-Learning Induction Portal August 2002 November 2003 Mach 2004 119 131 Enterprise Portal September 2003 November 2005 November 2005 3,600 3,600 Improving records management for material outside the scope of MEDS April 2003 April 2005 April 2005 970 970 MHRA Information Mgmt Strategy (Sentinel) January 2003 April 2005 April 2005 12,300 12,300 Management of Electronic Documents System (MEDS BM2) January 2000 December 2003 March 2004 1,758 1,850 Mental Health Minimum Data Set—Central Requirements Project June 2001 August 2004 August 2004 1,120 1,225 Modernising Information—Conformance to e-govt targets and standards January 2003 March 2004 June 2004 482 406 National Programme for IT (NPfIT)—National Data Spine December 2003 December 2010 December 2010 620,000 620,000 NPfIT_National e-booking service December 2003 December 2005 December 2005 64,500 64,500 NPfIT—Eastern local service provider (LSP) December 2003 December 2010 December 2010 934,000 934,000 NPfIT—London LSP December 2003 December 2010 December 2010 996,000 996,000 NPfIT—North East LSP December 2003 December 2010 December 2010 1,099,000 1,099,000 NPfIT—North West and West Midlands LSP December 2003 December 2010 December 2010 973,000 973,000 NPfIT—Southern LSP December 2003 December 2010 December 2010 986,000 986,000 OIS Transformation Implementation Project October 2002 March 2004 May 2004 11,578 11,824 PASA Contract Information Mgmt Sys phases 1 and 2 March 2003 January 2005 January 2005 229 229 PASA Electronic Record Mgmt Sys January 2003 March 2005 March 2005 467 467 Patient Experience Information Project January 2003 August 2004 August 2004 191 185 Policy and Delivery System December 2001 October 2004 March 2004 777 758 Reference Costs 2003 November 2002 December 2003 February 2004 340 358 Research and Development Management System August 2002 May 2004 July 2004 319 286 STEIS Maintenance Project July 2003 March 2004 April 2004 183 180 Widening the range of material stored in MEDS April 2003 June 2004 July 2004 605 605 1This project is part of an area of work being transferred to DEFS
§ Dr. PughTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many meetings the Director-General of NHS IT has had with(a) Mr. Bill Gates and (b) Microsoft executives in the last year. [156893]
§ Mr. HuttonBill Gates routinely visits England every two years to maintain contact and meet with a range of key private and public sector bodies, including Government Departments.
Bill Gates visited London on 26 January 2004 and amongst a full day of meetings and engagements, he met with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and myself and several senior Departmental and National Health Service officials, including Richard Granger, the Director General of NHS IT.
Richard Granger also met Steve Ballmer, Microsoft chief operating officer, on 23 February 2004.
§ Dr. PughTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if, prior to placing an order for a bespoke software office suite, the NHS will publish the details and results of the tendering process. [156896]
§ Mr. HuttonThe Official Journal of the European Community notice on the national programme for information technology (NPfIT) in the National Health Service was published at the beginning of February 2003. This has led to a range of applications and software that will now be provided by the local service providers and contractors recently appointed by the NPfIT.
There are also existing suppliers of software to the NHS covered by framework agreements and licensing arrangements. Developments and renegotiations for the framework agreements may be required over time.