To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list each information technology project being undertaken by his Department and its agencies including (a) the start date, (b) the planned completion date, (c) the current expected completion date, (d) the planned cost and (e) the current estimated cost; and if he will make a statement. [98224]
The Department is undertaking a major modernisation programme encompassing both organisational and IT reform. We received £2 billion for the modernisation programme in SR2000, and a further £1.9 billion in SR2002. The programme began in 2001 and is currently funded until March 2006. Current planned costs include spend to date and estimate to project completion, and are set out by client group in the following below:
| £ | |
| Work programme | Allocation |
| Working age | 375 |
| Pensions | 830 |
| Children | 585 |
| Corporate | 1,433 |