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IT Contacts
Richard Younger-Ross: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the total expenditure of his Department on IT systems and support in each year from
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May 1997 to date; how many IT contracts have been let in each of those years; of the other main contracting party in each of those contracts, how many have been (a) companies whose registered office is in (i) England and Wales, (ii) Scotland and (iii) Northern Ireland and (b) foreign companies; and what are the names of the companies falling within category (a). [33689]
Ruth Kelly: The information is as follows:
| IT expenditure | |
|---|---|
| 1997–98 | 3.1 |
| 1998–99 | 3.9 |
| 1999–2000 | 3.8 |
| 2000–01 | 3.5 |
| 2001–02 | 3.1 |
The Treasury has let the following IT contracts over this period:
- Star Computers: for the supply of IT desktop and portable equipment. Contract awarded in December 1997.
Mitech Europe Ltd.: network support. Contract awarded in December 1999.
Computacenter Ltd.: for the supply of servers, software and networking equipment. Contract awarded via the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) using a GCAT agreement in January 2000.
Rebus HR Ltd.: provide personnel software. Contract awarded in January 2000.
Diagonal Solutions Ltd.: software maintenance. Contract awarded in June 2000.
Anite Public sector Ltd.: moving IT equipment into new Treasury building. Contract awarded in November 2001.
Lynx Technology Ltd.: software support services. Contract awarded in January 2002.
Centerprise International: for the supply of IT desktop and portable equipment. Contract awarded in January 2002.
- Microsoft Ltd.: software maintenance. Contract awarded in December 2000. The company is registered in the United States of America.
Decision Support Systems Ltd.: accounting software. Contract awarded in October 2001. The company are registered in New Zealand.
| £ million IT expenditure | |
|---|---|
| 1997–98 | 8.2 |
| 1998–99 | 31.8 |
| 1999–2000 | 11.7 |
| 2000–01 | 3.3 |
| 2001–02 | 4.8 |
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obtained through various local offices) into this contract. The number is around 182 although it is expected to grow. ICL is an English registered company.
| £ million IT expenditure | |
|---|---|
| 1998–99 | 0.7 |
| 1999–2000 | 1.4 |
| 2000–01 | 2.0 |
| 2001–02 | 1.6 |
The DMO has an on going contract with Computacenter Ltd. who have provided the Department with IT equipment since 1999. Computacenter is registered in England. Inland Revenue
The Department currently has three major contracts in place to provide its IT systems and support. We have two strategic technology partners, EDS and Accenture, who provide support, development and maintenance of our IT systems and one framework contract (with Computacenter) for the supply of IT equipment.
The IT Services contract was let to EDS in 1994 for 10 years.
The NIRS 2 contract for operational services was awarded to Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) in May 1995 and runs to 2004.
In November 1994 the Department let the IROS contract for the supply of desktop equipment to CSC/Computacenter. This was replaced in June 2000 by the e-IROS contract with Computacenter. Total annual expenditure under these contracts from April 1997 to January 2002 is as follows:
| £ million IT expenditure | |
|---|---|
| 1997–98 | 25.1 |
| 1998–99 | 31.9 |
| 1999–2000 | 32.3 |
| 2000–01 | 29.8 |
| 2001–02 | 38.5 |
All of the companies mentioned have registered offices in England.
The parent companies of CSC and EDS are US based.
Tax Polarisation
Mr. Flight: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what he expects to be the impact on the revenue arising from abolishing polarisation in respect of (a) VAT, (b) capital gains tax and (c) other taxes. [33953]
Ruth Kelly: All taxes are kept under review, as are the revenue implications of other policy changes.
Temporary Employees
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what positions in (a) his Department and (b) all executive agencies for which his Department is responsible are
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filled by employees who are employed on temporary contracts of (i) 51 weeks' and (ii) less than 51 weeks' duration. [25513]
Ruth Kelly: The information is given as follows:
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EC Budgets
Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the main items of income and expenditure of the general budgets of the European Community for each year from 1995 to the latest available year in the manner of the answer of 11 February 1997, Official Report, columns 119–22W. [35875]
Ruth Kelly: The information from 1995 to 2000, based on currently available EU documents and at 2000 prices, is set out in the following tables.
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| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural levies | 2,134 | 1,950 | 2,023 | 2,014 | 2,184 | — |
| Percentage of total revenue | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.5 | — |
| Customs duties | 13,729 | 12,595 | 12,870 | 12,523 | 11,881 | — |
| Percentage of total revenue | 16.7 | 14.5 | 15.2 | 14.4 | 13.5 | — |
| VAT | 43,006 | 36,367 | 35,962 | 34,119 | 31,631 | 35,122 |
| Percentage of total revenue | 52.2 | 41.8 | 42.5 | 39.2 | 35.9 | 37.9 |
| GNP | 15,576 | 25,216 | 28,265 | 36,079 | 38,072 | 37,580 |
| Percentage of total revenue | 18.9 | 29.0 | 33.4 | 41.4 | 43.2 | 40.5 |
| Misc. | 7,957 | 10,900 | 5,522 | 2,349 | 4,438 | 4,755 |
| Percentage of total revenue | 9.7 | 12.5 | 6.5 | 2.7 | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| Traditional Own Resources | — | — | — | — | — | 15,267 |
| Percentage of total revenue | — | — | — | — | — | 16.5 |
| Total | 82,402 | 87,029 | 84,642 | 87,085 | 88,207 | 92,725 |
(104) Figures are in millions of euro at constant 2000 prices
Notes:
1. figures are for outturn. As yet outturn figures are not available for 2001.
2. Figures converted to constant 2000 prices using EU15 deflator throughout.
3. Items are denominated in euro as that is the unit of account for the EC Budget.
4. Other spending includes spending on external policies and internal policies other than research.
Sources:
1. The Community Budget: The facts in figures, 2000 Edition; European Commission.
2. European Court of Auditors Report on the 2000 Budget (Official Journal C359, 15 December 2001).
3. Allocation of 2000 EU operating expenditure; European Commission (September 2001).
4. European Economy, Number 72, 2001 (Table 24, page 161); European Commission.
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