The information is as follows:
Project Start date Original completion Expected completion Planned cost (£) Expected cost (£) e-HR July 2006 Q1 2008 Under review 5.2 million Under review HR Intranet August 2006 February 2008 May 2008 160,000 160,000 Infrastructure (portfolio) Ongoing upgrade activities Ongoing upgrade activities Ongoing upgrade activities 1750,000 1750,000 Point of single contact December 2007 Qtr 2 2009 Qtr 2 2009 2.5 million 2.5 million Web improvement January 2008 Qtr 3 2008 Qtr 3 2008 800,000 800,000 1 Per annum Notes: 1. The draft answer refers to the core BERR Department only. The agencies will provide their own responses. 2. The increased costs of e-HR relate to: (a) Increases in scope; (b) Implementation delays through MOG changes and gaining agreement on configuration and customisation. The system will be used by core BERR, INSS, UKIPO and NWML.
Letter from Gareth Jones, dated 27 February 2008:
I am responding on behalf of Companies House to your recently tabled Parliamentary Question to the Secretary of State for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.
Please find in the attached appendix the details you requested regarding IT projects currently being undertaken within Companies House.
The CHIPS programme is a highly complex bespoke development, which has been custom designed and built, to replace the existing bespoke application that supports the Companies Register.
The project, initially contracted out, was brought in house in February 2004. The original planned completion date for the in-house development was August 2006, but this date changed subsequently and I have detailed revised plans for your information.
Impairment reviews in the last two financial years have led to a write down in value of £12.1m. This represents the value of all contractual work undertaken on behalf of Companies House on the project prior to February 2005.
Project Start Date Original planned completion date Current expected completion date Original planned cost Current estimated cost CHIPS Project contract April 2001 April 2005 — 29 million — Project brought in house January 2004 August 2006 — 30 million — Plan revision February 2005 November 2006 — 41 million — Plan revision January 2007 October 2007 February 2008 48 million 51 million CAP programme December 2005 October 2008 October 2009 15 million 15 million Bilingual Welsh filing project June 2007 August 2007 June 2008 61,000 61,000 IT service continuity project March 2006 January 2007 1June 2008 785,000 785,000 WEB Systems capacity upgrade July 2006 October 2006 February 2008 149,000 149,000 XML Conversion—STAR July 2006 April 2008 July 2008 119,000 119,000 Government Gateway—STAR March 2007 May 2008 October 2009 223,000 223,000 1 Completion on hold until CHIPS live
Letter from Stephen Speed, dated 27 February 2008:
The Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform has asked me to reply to your question (2007/1098) asking what the (a) start date, (b) original planned completion date, (c) current expected completion date, (d) planned cost and (e) current estimated cost is for each information technology project being undertaken by his Department and its agencies; and if he will make a statement.
Project Start date Original planned completion date Current expected completion date Planned cost (£000) Current estimated completion cost (£000) Technology Refresh, five year Managed Service June 2007 June 2008 July 2008 23,510 23,810 Functional Support Services Document Production August 2007 March 2008 April 2009 (scope extended) 12,030 22,030 Time Recording August 2007 March 2008 July 2009 (scope extended) 1— 2— (ICM) Electronic Document Management and scanning August 2006 March 2009 March 2009 2,400 3,979 (CHAMP) Claims Handling and Making Payments July 2005 September 2008 October 2008 1,930 2,451 Debt Relief Orders October 2006 April 2009 April 2009 1,389 1,392 Corporate Reporting and Data Migration June 2006 September 2010 August 2009 1,460 1,445 Estate Accounting System August 2008 May 2010 December 2008 7,300 7,300 (ISCIS) Insolvency Service Case Information System (Current Initiation) July 2006 March 2008 October 2008 6,650 8,120 Company Investigations Case Management System October 2007 July 2008 July 2008 396 396