NHS IT Programme

Mr. Hayes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost of the new NHS IT programme has been to date, broken down by (a) main budget heading and (b) type of recipient of funding.

Ms Rosie Winterton
The information requested is in the table.

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|Programme area               |Contractor                    |Expenditure to 31 October 2006 (£ million)|
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|Spine                        |BT                            |296.8                                     |
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|N3 broadband network         |BT                            |212.5                                     |
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|Choose and book core contract|Atos Origin (SchlumbergerSema)|31.4                                      |
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|London LSP                   |BT CCA                        |2.7                                       |
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|North East LSP               |Accenture                     |82.8                                      |
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|NW/W Mids LSP                |CSC                           |170.4                                     |
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|Eastern LSP                  |Accenture                     |94.6                                      |
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|Southern LSP                 |Fujitsu                       |27                                        |
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|Total                        |                              |918.2                                     |
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