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Departmental Purchasing
Chris Grayling: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list the companies from which his Department has purchased goods and services of a total value above £1 million in each of the last three years; and how much was spent in respect of each company. [11731]
Mr. Hutton: Companies from which the Department has purchased goods and services of a total value above £1 million in each of the past three years, and the amount spent in respect of each company is shown in the tables.
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These figures cover core Cabinet Office and the National School of Government, but exclude the Government Car and Despatch Agency.
Drugs Report
Lynne Jones: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will publish in full the Strategy Unit Drugs Report dated 13 June 2003. [14550]
Mr. Hutton: The parts of the report that are eligible for disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act are available on the Strategy Unit website.
Management Consultants
Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster which five management consultancies received the highest value of contracts awarded by the Cabinet Office in each of the last three years; and what the total value was of the contracts awarded to each. [12572]
Mr. Hutton: The information requested for the Cabinet Office is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what his Department's total spending on management consultants has been in each of the last three years. [13150]
Mr. Hutton: The information requested for the Cabinet Office is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list the management consultants employed by his Department in each of the last three years. [14239]
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Mr. Hutton: The information requested for the Cabinet Office is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS
Accounting System
Mr. Grieve: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs whether a request for a proposal has been issued by the Department for the conversion or replacement of the Courts Fund Office Funds Accounting System; and what the time scale is for conversion or replacement. [15777]
Ms Harman: The Court Funds Office has not issued a request for a proposal relating to the renewal of its IT systems, but it has entered into discussions to extend the existing contract to the end of 2006. The current contract with Liberata expires at the end of 2005. Any extensions of the contract must first be offered to Liberata—hence the CFO has not issued a request for proposal to a broader audience. Replacement has not been considered at this time.
Mr. Grieve: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what the costs of maintainingthe Data General Computer and Funds Accounting System used by the Court Funds Office was in 2004–05. [15778]
Ms Harman: The Funds Accounting System used by the Court Funds Office runs on the Data General Computer Platform. The Data General Platform runs four separate applications serving the following organisations:
The Trust Accounting and Banking system (TABS) for the Official Solicitors and Public Trustee and the Public Guardianship Office
The share of total costs for the Data General Platform between the three organisations in 2004–05 is as follows CFO £831,216, OSPT £308,145 and PGO £99,333:
The costs break down as follows:
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These costs exclude costs incurred by the CFO, OSPT and PGO on business analysis and service level monitoring. They also exclude the opportunity cost and risks that the contract with Liberata (and in turn Unisys) imposes on the CFO, OSPT and PGO as Liberata (and in turn Unisys) have no obligation to upgrade the applications, the operating system and hardware to eliminate technology risks.
An earlier parliamentary question requesting clarification regarding renewal of the CFO IT systems was lodged by the right hon. Member for Skipton and Ripon (Mr. Curry), and a written response was made on 26 July 2005.
There have been no other PQ's lodged by the hon. Member in this Session related to this area. There is no major IT company in his constituency.
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