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To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, If she will make a statement about the management of computer projects for the Lord Chancellor's Department. (Failed OPQ)
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, If she will make a statement about the management of computer projects for the Lord Chancellor's Department. (Failed OPQ)
Asked by
Richard Bacon
(Conservative)
Answered by
Yvette Cooper
(Labour)
Answering body
Lord Chancellor's Department
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
2 April 2003
For answer on
8 April 2003
Answered on
8 April 2003
Mr. Bacon: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if she will make a statement about the management of
computer projects for the Lord Chancellor's Department. [107465]
Yvette Cooper: All IT projects are managed using the Prince 2 project management methodology. The Office of Government Commerce
(OGC) process for Gateway Reviews is used to quality assure these projects.
Subjects
Software; Computers; Management; Quality control; Lord Chancellor's Department
Date
8 April 2003
Reference
107465; 403 c124W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what progress is being made with the installation of the LIBRA system; and what recent discussions he has had with Fujitsu.
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what progress is being made with the installation of the LIBRA system; and what recent discussions he has had with Fujitsu.
Asked by
David Drew
(Labour; Co-operative Party)
Answered by
Yvette Cooper
(Labour)
Answering body
Lord Chancellor's Department
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
3 March 2003
For answer on
11 March 2003
Answered on
11 March 2003
Mr. Drew: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what progress is being made with the installation of the
Libra system; and what recent discussions he has had with Fujitsu. [101167]
Yvette Cooper: The Libra infrastructure and office automation has now been delivered to over 90 per cent. of magistrates courts
staff. Development of the Libra national case-management software application is under way. Deployment of the application is
expected to begin in 2004 and will be completed in 2005.
A revised contract with Fujitsu Services was signed on 23 July 2002. Under this contract Fujitsu Services will provide the
infrastructure and office automation services to MCCs until 31 March 2007. Discussions on a supplier/client basis take place
continually within the contract.
Subjects
Contracts; Software; Computer networks; ICT; Magistrates' courts; Fujitsu
Date
11 March 2003
Reference
101167; 401 c219W;401 c218-9W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what progress is being made with those magistrates courts which are working with computer network technologies. - Inc figures.
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what progress is being made with those magistrates courts which are working with computer network technologies. - Inc figures.
Asked by
David Drew
(Labour; Co-operative Party)
Answered by
Yvette Cooper
(Labour)
Answering body
Lord Chancellor's Department
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
3 March 2003
For answer on
11 March 2003
Answered on
11 March 2003
Mr. Drew: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what progress is being made with those Magistrates courts
that are working with computer network technologies. [101168]
Yvette Cooper: Under the Libra Project, a common national infrastructure and Office Automation has now been delivered to over 90 per
cent. of Magistrates courts staff. There are four MCCs remaining in the rollout programme and these will be completed by spring
2003. A total of 9,116 workstations have been deployed, giving access to 10,701 users.
Subjects
Software; Computer networks; ICT; Magistrates' courts
Date
11 March 2003
Reference
101168; 401 c218-9W;401 c218W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will make a statement on the progress of discussions between the Lord Chancellor's Department and Fijitsu Services on the Libra project to provide IT services for the magistrates' courts in England and Wales.
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will make a statement on the progress of discussions between the Lord Chancellor's Department and Fijitsu Services on the Libra project to provide IT services for the magistrates' courts in England and Wales.
Asked by
Lord Knight of Weymouth
(Labour)
Answered by
Yvette Cooper
(Labour)
Answering body
Lord Chancellor's Department
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
23 July 2002
For answer on
24 July 2002
Answered on
24 July 2002
Jim Knight: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if she will make a statement on the progress of
discussions between the Lord Chancellor's Department and Fujitsu Services on the Libra project to provide IT services for the
magistrates courts in England and Wales. [73445]
Yvette Cooper: There are two parts to the Libra project: the provision of a modern IT infrastructure and network to link the
magistrates courts with other parts of the criminal justice system and the special software for case management, accounting and
other administration within the courts. Installation of the infrastructure and network is 75 per cent. complete and will be
completed during the first half of 2003. The specialised software has been delayed.
The Department has now signed a variation to the contract with Fujitsu Services (formerly known as ICL) in respect of the Libra
project.
Under these new arrangements, Fujitsu Services will continue to deliver the IT infrastructure and network and provide support until
March 2007.
However, the Department has decided that Fujitsu Services will not be required to continue with the development of the specialised
software for case management, accounting and other administration. Serious concerns arose last year when delays in delivery of the
software and increases in their costs led Fujitsu Services to seek to renegotiate the contract. As many courts and offices had
already been equipped with the IT infrastructure, a basis for renegotiation was agreed. Despite intensive negotiation however, it
has not proved possible to reach an agreement on the specialised software at an acceptable price, which will deliver value for money
for the taxpayer.
Instead, the Department will procure application services separately. Assessments show that robust, tried and tested software, is
now available in the marketplace, which could meet requirements at a lower cost than that on offer from Fujitsu Services.
The original 1998 contract was valued at £183 million to run until July 2009. A variation to this was signed with Fujitsu/ICL in
2000, which was valued at £319 million and was to run until 2013. This was not a real price increase as the extra cost was for the
extra years and other benefits. In each case the contract with Fujitsu Services was for the delivery of both the infrastructure and
the specialised software.
The estimated value of the revised contract with Fujitsu Services is £232 million which includes some £31 million paid under the
existing contract from 2000 to the end of June 2002 for the delivery and operation of the infrastructure services received by the
magistrates courts. In addition, the Government have paid Fujitsu Services £6.8 million for design products produced as part of the
software application development that can be reused. Apart from this amount, the financial and management risks of developing the
software have been borne by the supplier.
A number of studies have been carried out by external organisations to provide assurances on the way forward, including a benchmark
exercise on the infrastructure costs and an assessment of the costs, timescales and market capacity to deliver the software
application services.
The benchmarking exercise shows that the cost of the provision of the infrastructure service in the revised contract is in line with
the cost of similar services provided to organisations of similar size, structure and complexity in the private and public sectors.
It is possible, but by no means certain, that a new competitive procurement could deliver the services for less cost, but the
Department's assessment of the costs of delays and procurement and completing the implementation of the service to all courts shows
that the revised contract provides best value for money to the taxpayer.
The studies on the software application services indicate that the services can be delivered by the end of 2004--a delay of nine
months on the original 1998 contract--and at a price that will be affordable and provide value for money. The Department is planning
on this basis. However, these services will be subject to new procurements and the House will be informed of the outcome when the
procurements have been completed.
There are lessons to be learned for all parties from the project. Since the original award of contract a range of Government
guidelines on managing IT contracts and on PFI/PPP contracts has been issued. These have been fully utilised in the recent
negotiation. Improvements introduced on Libra in the last 12 months include strengthening of the governance arrangements, better
risk management, the use of external benchmarking and an external review under the gateway process. This has provided more effective
controls for the negotiations and future plans. The new arrangement separates the delivery of the infrastructure from the
application which is designed to better ensure the success of the overall programme and at the same time place appropriate risk with
the respective providers and the Department.
Subjects
Contracts; Cost effectiveness; Software; Costs; Computers; Computer networks; Finance; ICT; Procurement; Magistrates' courts; Fujitsu
Date
24 July 2002
Reference
389 c1290-2W;389 c1288-90W; 73445
House
House of Commons
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what his policy is towards using open source software; and what percentage is used in his Department. - Includes ref to (www.courservice.gov.uk/info/reps/ict_strategy.pdf).
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what his policy is towards using open source software; and what percentage is used in his Department. - Includes ref to (www.courservice.gov.uk/info/reps/ict_strategy.pdf).
Asked by
Brian White
(Labour)
Answered by
Yvette Cooper
(Labour)
Answering body
Lord Chancellor's Department
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
9 July 2002
For answer on
19 July 2002
Answered on
19 July 2002
Brian White: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what his policy is towards using open source software;
and what percentage is used in his Department. [69321]
Yvette Cooper: The Lord Chancellor's Department ICT Strategy
(www.courtservice.gov.uk/info/reps/ict strategy.pdf) is committed to the use of open standards and the Department will follow the
Government policy on the use of Open Source Software which is due to be published later in the summer. The draft policy on this
subject is currently available at http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/rfc/ rfc document.asp?docnum=429.
No percentage figures are available for usage within the Department, however the current deployment of Open Source Software is
limited to a small number of special ist applications.
Subjects
Software; Computers; Government departments; Lord Chancellor's Department
Date
19 July 2002
Reference
389 c607W; 69321
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Yvette Cooper
(Labour)
Asked by
Norman Lamb
(Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Lord Chancellor's Department
Type
Oral answers to questions
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, If he will make a statement on the development of IT systems within his Department.
Subjects
Software; Computers; Administrative delays; ICT; Lord Chancellor's Department; Magistrates' courts
Date
9 July 2002
Reference
388 c737-8
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Yvette Cooper
(Labour)
Answering body
Lord Chancellor's Department
Type
Oral answers to questions
Subjects
Software; Computers; Administrative delays; ICT; Lord Chancellor's Department; Magistrates' courts
Date
9 July 2002
Reference
388 c737-8
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, If he will make a statement on the development of IT systems within his Department.
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, If he will make a statement on the development of IT systems within his Department.
Asked by
Norman Lamb
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Yvette Cooper
(Labour)
Answering body
Lord Chancellor's Department
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
26 June 2002
For answer on
9 July 2002
Answered on
9 July 2002
Subjects
Software; Computers; Administrative delays; ICT; Lord Chancellor's Department; Magistrates' courts
Date
9 July 2002
Reference
388 c737-8; 65336
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Government of a failure of the Libra project to deliver on its core case management application. - Includes figures.
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Government of a failure of the Libra project to deliver on its core case management application. - Includes figures.
Asked by
Nigel Evans
(Conservative)
Answered by
Yvette Cooper
(Labour)
Answering body
Lord Chancellor's Department
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
2 May 2002
For answer on
8 July 2002
Answered on
8 July 2002
Mr. Evans: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what estimate he has made of the cost to the Government
of a failure of the Libra project to deliver on its core case management application. [55108]
Yvette Cooper: Delivery of a central part of the contract--the office infrastructure and network--is over 75 per cent. complete and
office services are being delivered to over 8,500 magistrates court staff.
There have been delays in delivering the software application. We have been in discussion with Fujitsu Services (formerly ICL) on
the impact of the delay and to determine the best way forward for the project. The resolution is expected shortly, and the House
will be informed of the outcome.
We remain determined to provide magistrates courts with modern computer equipment and standardised IT software. If Fujitsu Systems
failed to deliver the Libra software, it would be necessary to meet the requirement from elsewhere in the market. Costs would be
dependent on the market conditions and on negotiations.
Subjects
Software; Computers; ICT; Magistrates' courts
Date
8 July 2002
Reference
55108; 388 c772W;388 c776W
House
House of Commons