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Revenue and Customs: Cost-effectiveness

Volume 503: debated on Monday 11 January 2010

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many Office of Government Commerce Gateway reviews HM Revenue and Customs has performed since 2006; what the title of each such review is; and at which gate each such review is. (308082)

The following table gives details of the 71 OGC Gateway reviews undertaken or planned for HM Revenue and Customs programmes and projects for the four years 2006-07 to 2009-10. It includes the title of each programme or project and the specific Gateway review number.

Programme/project title

Gate No.1

2006-07

Estates and Support Services Transformation Programme

0

ASPIRE (‘Acquiring Strategic IT Partners for the Inland Revenue’)

5

Processing Pacesetter Programme

0

Replacement Radio Project

2

STRIDE (IT equipment refresh project)

4a

New Tax Credits

5

Estates Consolidation Programme

0

Efficiency Programme

0b

HMRC Banking Change Project

2

Pensions Simplification

4

Construction Industry Scheme Reform Project

4

Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (‘CHIEF’) replacement project

2

Total reviews (2006-07)—12

2007-08

Modernising Stamp Duty

5

Carter (online services) Programme

0

Estates Transformation Programme

0a

Estates Consolidation Programme

0a

Processing Pacesetter Programme

0a

Enterprise Infrastructure Foundation Programme

0

Customs Service Transformation Programme

0

Government Banking Programme

0

Health in Pregnancy Grant Project

1

Government Banking Procurement Project

3

New Penalties Project (1)

2

National Direct Debits

2

Total reviews (2007-08)—12

2008-09

Compliance and Enforcement Programme

0

Excise Movement and Control System

0

Consolidation of Inward Cheques and Forms

4

Health in Pregnancy Grant Project

2/3

Carter (online services) Programme

0a

Aviation Duty Project

1/2

National Direct Debits Project

4

Carter (online services) Corporation Tax Project

1/2

Carter (online services) VAT Project

1/2

Business.Gov Programme

0

Tax Credits Transformation Programme

0

Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (‘CHIEF’) replacement project

3

MPPC3 (PAYE modernisation) Programme

0

New Penalties Project (1)

3

Savings Gateway Project

1

Compliance and Enforcement Caseflow Project

2

Government Banking Change Project

4

World Class Programme

0

Estates Transformation Programme

0b

Data Centre Sub-Programme

0

Quantum (delivery of IT services) Programme

0

Compliance and Enforcement Caseflow Project

4

Health in Pregnancy Grant Project

4

Data Security Programme

0

Carter (online services) VAT Project

3

Carter (online services) Corporation Tax Project

3

Total reviews (2008-09)—26

2009-10

New Penalties Project (1)

4

Business.Gov Programme

0a

Compliance and Enforcement Programme

0a

Better Data for CT Project

5

Government Banking Change Project

4a

Excise Movement and Control System

3

EU VAT Refunds Project

2

Estates Consolidation Programme

0b

EU VAT Refunds Project

3

New Penalties Project (2)

1

Customs Service Transformation Programme

0a

Government Banking Programme

0a

Saving Gateway Project (planned)

2

Carter (online services) Corporation Tax Project

4

Carter (online services) VAT Project

4

Validating Household Income for Student Loans Company Project (planned)

4

Government Banking Transition Project (planned)

4a

Saving Gateway Project (planned)

3

New Penalties Project (2) (planned)

3

Filing, Payment and Interest Programme (planned)

0

Compliance and Enforcement Caseflow Project

4a

Total reviews (2009-10)—21

Total reviews (all years)—71

1 Gateway review stages are: 0 (‘Strategic Assessment’—programmes only); 1 (‘Business Justification’); 2 (‘Delivery Strategy’); 3 (‘Investment Decision’); 4 (‘Readiness for Service’ and ‘Operations Review and Benefits Realisation’). Gate numbers with an ‘a’ or ‘b’ suffix represent repeat reviews at that level.