(2) how much her Department spent on the delivery of (a) Project Scope and (b) Project Scope 2;
(3) when the roll-out of (a) Project Scope and (b) Project Scope 2 will be completed; and if she will make a statement.
I have been asked to reply.
With regard to the effectiveness of the SCOPE programme I have nothing further to add to the words of the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs during the recent debate on the Intelligence and Security Committee on 17 July 2008, Official Report, column 498W.
In respect of information requested concerning the costs associated with the programme, I refer to the answer given to the hon. Member for Lewes (Norman Baker) on 6 November 2006, Official Report, column 862W.
We have informed our contractor for Phase 2 of SCOPE that a different approach to the delivery of those capabilities is needed. As a result we are discussing these implications with the contractor. The details of these discussions are commercially confidential and will remain so.