Procurement Projects Mr. Hayes To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the 20 largest procurement projects initiated by her Department since May 1997 have been; what the (a) original budget, (b) cost to date and (c) consultancy fees have been; and what the final cost was of each project which has been completed. Angela E. Smith The Department does not centrally hold all of the information sought. Provision of this detail would therefore incur disproportionate cost. The following however provides a listing of 20 of the Department’s more important procurement projects and their budgets. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Procurement Project |Budget (£) | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |FireLink |350,000,000| ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |FiReControl |190,000,000| ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |New Dimension |75,900,000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Housing and Employment Mobility Services Agreement |35,200,000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Government Office IT service out-sourcing project |31,800,000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Information Technology services out-sourcing project |28,000,000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |National Evaluation of New Deal for Communities |25,100,000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |National co-ordinating body for home improvement agencies |5,800,000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |National Evaluation of Neighbourhood Management Pathfinders|4,750,000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Social Housing Efficiency Challenge Fund |4,000,000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Planning Portal |3,030,000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Logasnet—Grants Authorisation System |3,018,000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Grants authorisation system (GASPSS/LOGASnet) |3,018,000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Client Record form |2,900,000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Renewal.Net |2,500,000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |BuyNet (e-Ordering) |2,500,000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |National Register of Social Housing |2,400,000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |National Change Agent for Capital Works in Social Housing |2,400,000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Fire Incident Recording System |2,100,000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Supporting People National Directory of Services |2,100,000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Department’s annual report 2006 also gives some background to spending in Communities and Local Government.