Written question asked by Lord Flight (Conservative) on Friday, 11 July 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 1 September 2003. It was answered by Bill Rammell (Labour) on Monday, 1 September 2003 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many outsourced IT contracts have been signed by his Department in each year since 1997; how much each of these contracts is worth; with whom they are signed; how many have been renegotiated; how many are still in place; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figure.

Answer: Mr. Flight: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many outsourced IT contracts have been signed by his Department in each year since 1997; how much each of these contracts is worth; with whom they are signed; how many have been renegotiated; how many are still in place; and if he will make a statement. [126199] Mr. Rammell: Since 1997 two outsourced IT contracts have been signed by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. In March 1997 a 10-year PFI contract, valued at £2 million, was signed with BT Syntegra for an electronic archive system, known as Minerva. In May 2000 a 10-year PFI contract was signed with Global Crossing Telecommunications (UK) for the FCO Telecommunications Network (FTN). This contract is now valued at £237.6 million including bandwidth purchased for other Government Departments. Both PFI contracts are still in place and neither has been renegotiated.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 126199; 409 c810W;409 c811W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Contracts Finance ICT Government departments Foreign and Commonwealth Office Vanunu, Mordechai
Contains statistics: Yes
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