§ Mr. ColmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many(a) solely state-financed and (b) public-private partnership and private finance initiative projects for which his Department is responsible have been launched in each region in each of the last 10 years; [160951]
(2) how much was spent by (a) the Government on solely state-financed projects and (b) the (i) Government and (ii) private sector on public-private and private finance initiative projects for which his Department is responsible in each of the last 10 years, broken down by region. [160952]
§ Maria EagleThe Department and its predecessor organisations, the former Department of Social Security and the Employment Service, launched no solely state-financed capital investment projects in the period 1993 to 2003.
The Department and its predecessors initiated a very large number of projects between 1993 and 2003. In the main these were funded from running costs but many also have an element of capital spending. Available information on private sector capital investment in public-private partnership (PPP) and private finance initiative (PFI) projects launched during the period is in the tables. Information on the Department's capital spend by project is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. All DWP PPP and PFI projects are national projects so regional information is not available.
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Year launched Total Capital Value (£ million) Capital Spend 1998–99 (£ million) Capital Spend 1999–2000 (£ million) Capital Spend 2000–01 (£ million) Capital Spend 2001–02 (£ million) Capital Spend 2002–03 (£ million) Capital Spend 2003–40 (£ million) Project title No projects 1994 to 1996 — — — — — — — — ESCOM 1997 4 1 1 1 1 — — PRIME 1997 959 69 26 32 15 66 9 PRIME EXPANSION 2003 — — — — — — 10 EDS/IT Partnership Agreement 1998 217 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a HR Partnership 1999 6 — n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Child Support Reforms 2000 3 — — n/a n/a n/a n/a Strategic Outsourcing 2000 33 — — n/a n/a n/a n/a Network and Office Services 2000 9 — — n/a n/a n/a n/a New Tax Credits 2002 11 — — — — n/a n/a Pensions Forecasting System 2002 0 — — — — n/a n/a Advanced Telephony 2003 10 — — — — — 0 1590W
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Is project operational Details ESCOM 1997 — — — Operational Contract ended 31 March 2002 Computerised replacement for Employment Service paper based system, awarded to Siemens Business Services PRIME 1997 13 18 10 Operational-Period Contract commenced 1 April 1998, ends 2018 Transfer of the ownership and management of buildings on the former DSS part of estates, and all associated risk, to the private sector. Under a 20 yr contract, Land Securities Trillium now provides DWP with fully serviced office accommodation PRIME EXPANSION 2003 25 22 20 EDS/IT Partnership Agreement 1998 n/a n/a n/a Operational-Period of contract I August 1998 to 31 July 2008 Provision of IT and telephony services to the Employment Service HR Partnership 1999 n/a — — Operational- Contract commenced 1 April 1999. Due to terminate on 31 March 2005 Integrated Employment Service payroll and Human Resources service awarded to Rebus HR Services and Norwich Systems Accounting Child Support Reforms 2000 n/a n/a n/a Operational- Contract ends 2010 Awarded under the DSS ACCORD framework for IS and IT services Strategic Outsourcing 2000 n/a n/a n/a Operational-Period of contract 1 September 2000 to 31 August 2010 ITSA Outsourcing. Awarded under the DSS ACCORD framework for IS and IT services Network and Office Services 2000 n/a n/a n/a Operational-Period of contract 1 June 2001 to 31 May 2006 Networks and Office Services Project (WAN). Awarded under the DSS ACCORD framework for IS and IT Services New Tax Credits 2002 n/a n/a n/a June 2002 to August2010 DWP NTC project awarded to Affinity (EDS) Pensions Forecasting System 2002 0 0 0 June 2002 to December 2006 DWP PFS awarded to Affinity (EDS) Advanced Telephony 2003 3.4 3.5 3.5 March 2003 to March 2008 DWP Advanced Telephony Business Allocation (ATBA) with BT, signed 31 March 2003 to provide 5-year PFI route for Contact Centre Telephony. This is part on and part off balance sheet. n/a = indicates that a year on year breakdown of expenditure is not available. Notes: 1. In addition to the above projects there are 3 PPPs, with Affinity (EDS), Arcway (BT) and Working Links, which are strategic partnerships and as such have not in themselves involved capital investment. Any such investment is covered by the specific PFI deals set out above. 2. The PRIME capital spend by year figures do not total the total capital value of the project because the table does not cover the full 20 year period of the contract.