Departmental ICT Mr. Hoban To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what IT projects (a) her Department and (b) each of its agencies is undertaking; and what the most recent estimate of (i) the cost and (ii) the completion date of each is. Mr. Khan The IT projects currently being undertaken by Communities and Local Government and its agencies are as follows: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Project |Expected completion date|Estimated costs (£000)| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Website Rationalisation (incorporating Interlocal Rebuild project)1|December 2008 |3,600 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Fire Incident Recording System |November 2008 |3,040 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Data Interchange Hub Release 2 |March 2009 |1,273 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |EDRMS |November 2008 |754 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |SAP Implementing Benefits |February 2009 |364 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Smarter Business Process (SAP Enhancement) |November 2008 |362 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Business Intelligence System Technical Upgrade |February 2009 |351 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |PIMS HR e-Strategy Implementation |October 2008 |287 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Government Offices National Indicator Analysis tool—scoping |December 2008 |62 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Government Offices Human Resources Database—Phase 2 |March 2009 |241 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Government Offices Online Performance Management System -Phase 2 |March 2009 |82 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Government Offices Contacts Database |March 2009 |40 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Agencies of the Department --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Project |Expected completion date|Estimated costs (£000)| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Fast Track Householder Appeals—Stage 2 (Implementation)|May 2009 |175 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and |January 2009 and |2142 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Disaster Recovery (DR) |June 2009 |2— | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Charging for Appeals |April 2009 |100 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Project |Expected completion date|Estimated costs (£'000)| ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Meeting Matrix|October 2008 |65 | ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1 A project to rebuild the Info41ocal website was approved in November 2004 at a cost of £244,000. The project was deferred for later incorporation into the Department’s Website Rationalisation Project at a final cost of £400,000 on top of the £3,600,000 included above for web rationalisation. Note: Estimated costs are the build costs only.