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IT Projects

Volume 451: debated on Monday 6 November 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which information technology projects are being undertaken by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies; what the (i) start date, (ii) original planned completion date, (iii) expected completion date, (iv) originally planned costs and (v) estimated costs are of each; and if he will make a statement. (95865)

The requested information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The following details relate to the DfT’s key IT projects that are monitored centrally.

Dept/ agency

Project name

Start date

Original planned completion date

Expected completion date

Originally planned costs

Estimated costs

Note ref.

DfT

Shared Services Programme

April 2005

April 2009

April 2009

31

45

1

VOSA

Roadside Digital Tachograph

January 2001

March 2005

March 2007

9.19

8.95

VOSA

Commercial Customer Portal

January 2004

December 2011

December 2011

9.5

21.72

2

VOSA

Operator Annual Test: E-Test Bookings

January 2004

December 2011

December 2011

8.4

11.97

3

VOSA

Mobile Compliance: providing mobile compliance devices to Enforcement Officers

March 2003

December 2004

March 2007

7.91

10.39

4, 5

DVLA

Driver Licensing: Drivers Re-engineering Project (DRP) phase 2

August 2003

September 2008

End 2008

1 09

102.9

6, 7

DVLA

Smart tachograph project

July 2000

May 2002

February 2007

13.2

14.72

DVLA

Vehicles System Software (VSS) Replatforming

January 2005

July 2006

June 2007

8.37

8.42

DVLA

Tracking Vehicles Through The Trade (TV3T)

August 2005

June 2008

October 2008

18.64

18.64

DVLA

Driver Licence Upgrade (DLUP)

July 2004

June 2007

March 2008

21.8

17.04

DSA

Integrated Register of Driver Trainers (IRDT)

October 2003

January 2006

February 2007

1.5

3.5

HA

Traffic Control Centre: PPP service; providing co-ordinated real time information on traffic conditions across most strategic road network

August 2001

August 2011

August 2011

1160

1160

HA

Electronic Service Delivery of Abnormal Loads (ESDAL)

April 2004

August 20062

August 20062

28.6

28.97

April 2004

July 20083

July 20093

31.21

31.21

1 Over 10 years.

2 Development.

3 Operation.

Notes explaining any variance in planned vs. expected data or divergence from information contained in PQ 2324 03/04:

1. The Shared Services programme is currently being replanned, so the estimated costs provided are likely to change in the near future.

2. The scope of the portal project has increased since original approval to include new elements such as the adoption of sophisticated data integration and management applications.

3. The scope of E-test bookings has increased since original approval to include a multi-channel solution.

4. The difference in completion date is due to an increase in project scope to include fixed penalties.

5. Original planned costs for Mobile Compliance did not include staff costs however, estimated costs to complete include staff costs from April 2005.

6. The previous PQ (2324 03/04) only relates to phase 1. The cost of £37 million with a delivery date of December 2005 was achieved within approved funding. These details have been updated to include phase 2.

7. The estimated completion date is currently subject to change pending a current re-scoping exercise.