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Departmental IT

Volume 451: debated on Monday 6 November 2006

To ask the Solicitor-General which of his Department's databases are (a) wholly and (b) partly operated by external organisations or individuals; and which organisations and individuals own those databases. (97777)

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has a 10-year public finance initiative partnership with LogicaCMG to modernise information technology in the service. The contract with LogicaCMG covers the provision and support of the hardware and software applications used by the CPS. These include: the CPS Case Management System; the Management Information System; the Witness Management System; and the Payroll, Human Resources and Corporate Information System. The CPS owns the data contained within the databases.

The Treasury Solicitors Department (TSol) has five databases, each of which is wholly owned and operated by external organisations or individuals. These are: the LION intranet database which is operated by SCISYS Ltd. and contains data owned by TSol which are updated interdepartmentally and managed by the Government Legal Service; the Penserver database, a pensions database containing data owned by TSol which is operated by Paymaster and operated on behalf of TSol and the Cabinet Office; the ePayfact database, a payroll database containing data owned by TSol and operated by LogicaCMG; the BV (Bona Vacantia) auction website database called URLS.co.uk which is operated by XM London, and contains data whichare owned and managed by BV and updated interdepartmentally.

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) operates three database systems. The Payroll system is provided externally by LogicaCMG on secure UK sites and contains data owned by the SFO. The SFO's evidence management system, Docman, is an internally operated system containing data owned by the SFO. It is maintained by SunGard Vivista; the SFO's IT services supplier.

HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) interrogates and utilises databases operated by the Crown Prosecution Service and the Treasury Solicitor's Department, which are both supported by LogicaCMG.

To ask the Solicitor-General which databases operated by his Department are located (a) wholly and (b) partly outside the UK; and where each of those databases and parts of databases is located. (97778)