Supplementary memorandum submitted by
the Department of Health
The Committee was advised previously that cumulative
expenditure on the core contracts for the NHS National Programme
for IT totalled £654m by 31 March 2006. The Committee has
requested the latest available figures.
The latest available information is shown in
the following table:
| Programme area |
Cumulative Expenditure to 31 March 2006 (£ million) |
Cumulative Expenditure to 31 December 2006 (£ million) |
| Spine |
239.8 |
310.7 |
| N3 broadband network | 130.5
| 228.2 |
| Choose and book core contract | 27.1
| 33.2 |
| London LSP | 1.3 | 39.1
|
| North East LSP | 51.6 |
82.8 |
| NW/W Midlands LSP | 119.3 |
184.8 |
| Eastern LSP | 57.9 | 94.8
|
| Southern LSP | 26.5 | 27.9
|
| Totals | 654.0
|
1001.5 |
Question 2
The £654 million expenditure on the core contracts to
31 March 2006 was part of total cumulative Programme expenditure
of £1542 million. The Committee was provided with a breakdown
of this expenditure and has now requested the latest available
data.
Answer
The following table provides the available information. As
the information has been updated during a financial year, the
figures to December 2006 are provisional and un-audited.
In the case of expenditure by local NHS organisations, the
earlier figure (to March 2006) is the latest available.
We are developing plans to meet the NAO recommendation for
the publication of an annual statement quantifying the benefits
delivered by the Programme, set against the costs incurred. The
aim is for the first statement to include information for 2006-07.
It is expected to be available in summer 2007.
| Item |
Cumulative Expenditure to 31.03.06 £m |
Cumulative Expenditure to 31.12.06 £m |
| |
|
Core Contracts |
654 |
1002 |
| New Projects added to the original scope of the Programme |
70 |
107 |
| Additional services beyond the scope of the original core contracts
| 48 |
58 |
| Non-core Projects and Contracts added to NPfIT |
75 |
97 |
| NPfIT support for local NHS implementation |
43 |
57 |
Central Administrative Expenditure:
— Technology Office
— Programmes
— System Implementation
— Service Management
— Estate and Corporate Services
— Contract and Commercial Management |
28
50
38
12
47
18 |
37
81
58
20
72
26 |
| Total of above items |
1,083
| 1,615 |
| Expenditure by Local NHS Organisations (including NHS Connecting for Health's contribution to Local Costs) |
459 | See note above |
| Total expenditure | 1,542
| See note above |
| February 2007 | |
|
| 
