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IT Systems

Volume 479: debated on Monday 21 July 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the ATLAS consortium in delivering the contract to network the IT systems of his Department and the armed forces; and if he will make a statement. (219823)

The performance of the ATLAS Consortium in delivering the Defence Information Infrastructure is continually assessed via the programme's comprehensive governance structure; general ATLAS performance is currently deemed satisfactory. Robust commercial arrangements ensure that payments to the ATLAS consortium reflect its performance and when appropriate, payment has been withheld. The Ministry of Defence and ATLAS have already made considerable progress, delivering accounts for over 100,000 users at over 500 Defence sites.