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Departmental Information and Communications Technology
Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what IT systems have been in development for use within her Department in the last five years; what the reason for the development of each system was; how much has been spent on the development of each system; and which systems have been subsequently (i) implemented, (ii) terminated prior to implementation and (iii) terminated following implementation. [290410]
Graham Stringer: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which IT systems have been in development for use within her Department in the last three years; what the cost was of each such system; which such systems have been (a) implemented, (b) not implemented and (c) implemented and subsequently terminated. [295583]
Jim Knight [holding answer 26 October 2009]: The information is not available in the format requested and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
The Department for Work and Pensions has a large change portfolio of projects and programmes to implement the Government's Welfare and Pensions reform agenda, to transact business more efficiently and improve customer service. It is not possible to separate out the IT elements of these projects.
Departmental Manpower
Mr. Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many full-time equivalent officials in her Department process claim forms for (a) disability living allowance, (b) attendance allowance, (c) carer's allowance, (d) incapacity benefit and (e) employment and support allowance; and how many such forms were processed on average each working day for each benefit in each of the last five years. [295024]
Jonathan Shaw: Information about the number of full-time equivalent officials in the Department who process claim forms for disability living allowance, attendance allowance and carer's allowance, and about the number of forms processed on average for each benefit on each working day, is not currently available.
The available information about the number of full-time equivalent staff who process claim forms for incapacity benefit and employment and support allowance is in the table.
| Average number of full-time equivalent officials: 2008-2009 by benefit processed | |
| Number | |
| Note: Figures represent an average of 12 months permanent staff from April 2008 to March 2009. Source: Jobcentre Plus Activity Based Management System. | |
Departmental Postal Services
Mr. Scott:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what percentage of postal services provided for her Department and its agencies were provided by (a) Royal Mail and (b) other postal
service providers (i) in 2007, (ii) in 2008, (iii) between 1 January and 1 July 2009 and (iv) since 1 July 2009. [298735]
Jim Knight: DWP's has three postal providers:
Royal Mail Group-DWP's primary provider for first and second class postal services between DWP, third parties and customers.
UK Mail-a specific contract for system generated second class mail to DWP customers; the final mile is still delivered by Royal Mail.
Spring Global Mail-a contract for international mail to DWP customers abroad.
Based on actual DWP spend per supplier the following table provides the percentage breakdown comparison for these contracts.
| Percentage | ||||
| 2007 | 2008 | 1 January to 1 July 2009 | 1 July to 30 September 2009 | |
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