Information Technology

Dr. Pugh
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what major IT projects with a value in excess of £10,000 she authorised expenditure on in each of the last three financial years. [125719]

Ms Hewitt
My Department manages its major IT projects through the provision of centrally managed corporate projects aimed at benefiting the whole Department and through delegated arrangements for locally driven projects, where the overall costs and benefits may be quite small and specific to that work area. Records about all major IT projects with a value in excess of £10,000 are held centrally and a list of these for each of the last three financial years is as follows.

Financial Year 2000–01 Calipsoe—Personnel SystemOIELS—Export LicensingSIELS—Export LicensingPenserver—Pensions Administration SystemRemote Access to ELGARMatrix—Electronic Records and Document Management SystemSenior Staff Management ServiceBTI Gateway/Ourplace Web ServicesRedundancy Payments—Case Handling SystemSecure GSI NetworkQuarterly Fuel Index/Domestic Fuels Enquiry System

Financial Year 2001–02 Licensing and Consents Unit—Application Support ServiceHermes—Prosecution Case Management SystemIBIS—Company Investigation Case Handling SystemBTI CRM—Customer First

Financial Year 2002–03 Mentor—Departmental Accounts SystemCameo Project—Insolvency Service Banking ProjectLocal Intranet ServiceBTI Portal WebOMISDatabase Promotional SchemesE. PurchasingBusiness Support Transformation Service

Financial Year 2003–04 DTI Joint Web Content Management ServiceLicensing and Consents Unit—Development Infrastructure.

Dr. Pugh
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much the Department spent on IT (a) software, (b) hardware, (c) maintenance and (d) licences in 2002–03. [124418]

Ms Hewitt
The Department of Trade and Industry spent £21.3 million on information technology in 2002–03. A full break down as requested is not available but this spend can be classified as follows: -------------------
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