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Departmental ICT
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which ICT projects costing more than £1 million his Department has initiated and abandoned before completion in each year since 2002; what costs were incurred in each project; who the main contractor for each was; on what date each was (a) commenced and (b) abandoned; and if he will make a statement. [264210]
Mr. Bradshaw: No information and communication technology (ICT) projects costing more than £1 million have been initiated and abandoned by the Department since 2002. This includes all ICT projects initiated by the Department's Information Services, NHS Connecting for Health, NHS Choices, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency , and the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency.
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the initial estimated (a) cost and (b) delivery date for each ICT project initiated by his Department and its predecessor that cost more than £1 million was in each year since 2002. [264211]
Mr. Bradshaw: The initial estimated costs and delivery dates of the information and communication technology (ICT) projects costing over £1 million that were initiated by the Department's Information Services function since 2002 are as follows:
| Name of project | Initial estimated delivery date of project | Initial estimated cost of project (£ million) |
The initial estimated costs and delivery dates of the ICT projects costing over £1 million that were undertaken by NHS Choices since 2002 are as follows:
| Name of project | Initial estimated delivery date of project | Initial estimated cost of p roject (£ million) |
The initial estimated costs and delivery dates of the ICT projects costing over £1 million that were undertaken by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency since 2002 are as follows:
| Name of project | Initial estimated delivery date of project | Initial estimated cost of project (£ million) |
The ICT projects undertaken by NHS Connecting for Health are as follows:
| Name of project | Initial estimated delivery date of project | Initial estimated cost of project (£ billion) |
| (1) NPfIT comprises a number of separate systems and services for which, as a whole, there is no single national completion date. (2 )This is the initial estimated cost of the core contracts. It was included in the estimated cost of the entire programme (£12.453 billion, at 2004-05 prices, including local and other costs) as reported by the National Audit Office in its June 2006 report on NPfIT. | ||
Cost of providing the above information
The cost of obtaining and collating the above information is approx £650. There are ICT elements to some of the business area programmes within the Department (e.g. Influenza Pandemic Preparedness) but the additional cost to obtain and collate this information would be disproportionate and exceed the £750 threshold for answers to parliamentary questions.
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) outturn cost and (b) completion date of each ICT project initiated by his Department and its predecessor that cost more than £1 million was, in each year since 2002. [264212]
Mr. Bradshaw: The outturn costs and completion dates of information and communication technology projects (ICT) costing over £1 million that were initiated by the Department’s Information Services function since 2002 are as follows:
| Name of project | Outturn cost of project (£ million) | Completion date of project |
The outturn costs and completion dates of the ICT projects costing over £1 million that were undertaken by NHS Choices since 2002 are as follows:
| Name of project | Initial estimated cost of project ( £ million) | Initial estimated delivery date of project |
The outturn costs and completion dates of the ICT projects costing over £1 million that were undertaken by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency since 2002 are as follows:
| Name of project | Outturn cost of project (£ million) | Completion date of project |
The ICT projects undertaken by NHS Connecting for Health are listed as follows:
| Name of project | Outturn cost of project (£ billion) | Completion date of project |
| (1 )The original estimated core contracts cost of £6.2 billion is unchanged. The revised figure of £6.8 billion includes additional functionality. This is included in the cost of the entire programme (£12.656 billion at 2004-05 prices, including local and other costs) as reported by the National Audit Office in its May 2008 report on NPfIT. (2 )NPfIT comprises a number of separate systems and services for which, as a whole, there is no single completion date. Note: Cost of providing the above information. The cost of obtaining and collating the above information is approx £650. There are ICT elements to some of the business area programmes within the Department (e.g. Influenza Pandemic Preparedness) but the additional cost to obtain and collate this information would be disproportionate and exceed the £750 threshold for answers to parliamentary questions. | ||
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Health who the main contractor hired for each ICT project initiated by his Department and its predecessor that cost more than £1 million in each year since 2002 was; and how much has been paid to them in respect of each project to date. [264213]
Mr. Bradshaw: The main contractors for the information and communications technology (ICT) projects costing over £1 million that were initiated by the Department’s Information Services function since 2002 are as follows:
| Name of project | Name of main contractor | Amount paid to main contractor to date (£ million) |
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