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Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department to (1) what extent the assessment of an immigration or nationality case continues while the case file is stored at the Immigration and Nationality Directorate’s work-in-progress hold in Croydon; [92087]

(2) how many case files are stored at the Immigration and Nationality Directorate’s work-in-progress hold; and for what average length of time a file is stored there; [92088]

(3) what circumstances an immigration or nationality case file is moved to the Immigration and Nationality Directorate’s work-in-progress hold in Croydon. [92089]

Mr. Byrne: My right hon. Friend the Home Secretary set out in his statement of 19 July the caseload of IND, including files held at the work-in-progress hold at Beddington Cross. Information on the average length of time a case file is stored there is not available.

A file is moved to the work-in-progress hold when no executive action can, for the time being, be taken. The file can also be retrieved from the work-in-progress hold in Beddington Cross, Croydon, when it is needed.

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Kate Hoey: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Immigration and Nationality Directorate expects to find the file of the hon. Member’s constituent, ref: K434559; and what redress is available to those whose files have been lost. [93441]

Mr. Byrne: The Home Office file relating to my hon. Friend’s constituent has been located.

In the unfortunate event of a Home Office file being lost, the applicant concerned will be invited to resubmit their immigration application. Claims for compensation to replace original documents are considered on an individual basis.

Intellectual Property Theft

Mr. Djanogly: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Governments plans to review the sentencing guidelines for intellectual property theft. [92007]

Mr. Sutcliffe: We have identified intellectual property theft as a crime that requires guidelines and we have asked the sentencing guidelines council, the body responsible for producing guidelines, to look at the issues once it has dealt with more pressing priorities.

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IT Projects

Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which information technology projects are being undertaken by his Department and its agencies; what the (a) start date, (b) the original planned completion date, (c) the current expected completion date, (d) the planned cost and (e) the current estimated cost is of each; and if he will make a statement. [86109]

Mr. Byrne: Information relating to information technology projects in the Home Office is only collected centrally under certain circumstances. Even in those circumstances a central record is not kept of all of the project detail requested by this PQ.

It has been decided that the time and effort required to collect this information would trigger the £650 threshold for claiming disproportionate cost.

The following table outlines those details that are centrally held in relation to major IT projects.

The entries in grey indicate a breakdown of components of a larger project and relate to the project listed immediately above them.

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Policy/ programme	Project name /ID	Project description, scope and the key elements /sublevels	Contract duration/ envisaged contract duration (years)	Original expected cost (£ million)	Current estimate total cost (£ million)	Expected project start date/project start date (mm/yyyy)	Planned completion date (mm/yyyy)	Current expected completion (mm/yyyy)
NOMS	NOMIS	Noms (National Offender Management System) for the Prison service	5	—	560.00	—	—	—
ID Cards	ID Cards		12	—	1,841.00	—	—	—
Immigration and Nationality Directorate Five Year Strategy	CID	Support and maintenance of existing casework system, and adaptation to developing business requirements	5	—	70.00	—	—	—
Immigration and Nationality Directorate Five Year Strategy	CIDTR	Redesign of existing casework system to facilitate support and maintenance, and adaptation to developing business requirements	3	—	36.00	—	—	—
e-Borders	e-Borders procurement	Strategic aim of the programme is to "create an integrated, secure border for the 21st Century". This will involve the procurement and implementation of solution to capture and analyse passenger information in advance of arrival into / departure from the UK and alert the appropriate Border Control Agencies of high risk passengers. Also replaces the current Wl system used to support clearance into the UK and watch listing of visa applications. A fuller description can be provided if necessary.	10		972.00
Immigration and Nationality Directorate Five Year Strategy	IBIP	Key enabler for introduction of biometric-based identification "documents"	—	—	64.00	—	—	—
Immigration and Nationality Directorate Five Year Strategy	Biometric Residence Permits	Introduction of new format EU residence permits	—	—	28.00	—	—	—
Immigration and Nationality Directorate Five Year Strategy	ePassports	Provision of readers for new format passports	—	—	9.00	—	—	—
Immigration and Nationality Directorate Five Year Strategy	Identity Management	Major expansion of capacity of existing fingerprint recognition system	—	—	11.00	—	—	—
Immigration and Nationality Directorate Five Year Strategy	Warnings Index Portfolio	Warnings Index Tech Refresh, Warnings Index Support Procurement	4	—	30.00	—	—	—
Immigration and Nationality Directorate Five Year Strategy	WISP	Warnings Index Support Procurement	4	—	10.00	—	—	—
Immigration and Nationality Directorate Five Year Strategy	WITR	Warnings Index Tech Refresh,	4	—	20.00	—	—	—
Home Office IMPACT Programme	Cross Regional Information Sharing Project(CRISP)	CRISP provides on-line access search/read access to six sets of police business area operational data (crime, intelligence, domestic violence, custody, firearms, firearms) and possibly access to Holmes and command and control. Software design by consortia of forces, adopted by IMPACT as a potential national solution, delivery partner to be procured to support and develop application and provide hosting.	4	—	25.20	Started	Started	—
Home Office IMPACT Programme, but contract set up by delivery partner PITO	IMPACT Nominal Index (INI)	Project less than £10 million p.a. spend; included given that overall programme exceeds £10 million. Provides visibility of existence of nominal records on own and other forces' operational systems. Started with child abuse investigation units; to be extended to other functions.	2.5	—	7.70	01/12/2005	December 2005	—
PITO	NSPIS Case and Custody	Police custody and case management systems	—	—	364.00	—	—	—
IND	Mycroft	—	—	—	42.00	—	—	—
IND	Points-Based system	—	—	—	45.00	—	—	—
Corporate Services	Adelphi	HR system	—	—	59.00	—	—	—
Corporate Services	EDRM	Records management	—	—	119.00	—	—	—
OCJR	CJS Exchange	Tri-laterally funded under OCJR. Exchange hub for data sharing across the CJS	—	—	218.00	—	—

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