To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many information technology projects within the responsibility of his Department, its agencies and their predecessors have been cancelled since 1997; what the total cost was of each project at cancellation; and if he will make a statement. (105483)

The Department for Transport was formed in summer 2002. Information on DfT projects is only held from that point in time. Information from 1997 could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

The Department for Transport (DfT) can confirm that two IT projects have been cancelled:

Highways Agency: CEO and Correspondence Unit Document Management System (CECO)—cost at cancellation: £227,574.

DfT (central): Electronic Documents and Records Management System (EDRM)—cost at cancellation: £853,899.