To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the expenditure on the Improving Information Sharing and Management programme (a) has been since its inception and (b) is projected to be over the next five years. (260938)

The Improving Information Sharing and Management (IISaM) Programme was established in January 2008, bringing together, ContactPoint, E-CAF (the online version of the Common Assessment Framework), the Integrated Children’s System (ICS) and the Client Case Information System (CCIS). Since its inception, expenditure on the IISAM Programme to 31 March 2009, is forecast to be £131.5 million.

Expenditure on the IISaM Programme over the next five years, to 2013-14, is projected to be £334.2 million.