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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)

Asked by

Richard Bacon (Conservative)

Answering body

Lord Chancellor's Department

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 April 2003

Reference

107465; 403 c124W

House

House of Commons

Lord Chancellors Dept

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)

Answering body

Lord Chancellor's Department

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 March 2003

Reference

101167; 401 c219W;401 c218-9W

House

House of Commons

Lord Chancellors Dept

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)

Answering body

Lord Chancellor's Department

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 March 2003

Reference

101168; 401 c218-9W;401 c218W

House

House of Commons

Lord Chancellors Dept

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)

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.

Date

24 July 2002

Reference

389 c1290-2W;389 c1288-90W; 73445

House

House of Commons

Lord Chancellors Dept

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)

Answering body

Lord Chancellor's Department

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 July 2002

Reference

389 c607W; 69321

House

House of Commons

Lord Chancellors Dept

Answered by

Yvette Cooper (Labour)

Answering body

Lord Chancellor's Department

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

9 July 2002

Reference

388 c737-8

House

House of Commons

Lord Chancellors Dept

1st supplementary on the Libra project.

Asked by

Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Lord Chancellor's Department

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

9 July 2002

Reference

388 c737-8

House

House of Commons

Lord Chancellors Dept

Answered by

Yvette Cooper (Labour)

Answering body

Lord Chancellor's Department

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

9 July 2002

Reference

388 c737-8

House

House of Commons

Lord Chancellors Dept

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)

Answering body

Lord Chancellor's Department

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

9 July 2002

Reference

388 c737-8; 65336

House

House of Commons

Lord Chancellors Dept

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)

Answering body

Lord Chancellor's Department

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 July 2002

Reference

55108; 388 c772W;388 c776W

House

House of Commons

Lord Chancellors Dept

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what assessment he has made of the (a) cost (b) new equipment needed and (c) modifications needed to existing IT software to adapt to entry to the euro for (a) the Court Service, (b) magistrates' courts, (c) freedom of information, (d) data...

Asked by

Peter Kilfoyle (Labour)

Answering body

Lord Chancellor's Department

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 May 2002

Reference

33631; 386 c415-6W

House

House of Commons

Lord Chancellors Dept

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will place copies of OGC Gateway reviews of the Libra project in the Library. - Including fact that I am unable to place copies of these OGC reviews in Library given the commercial sensitivity involved.

Asked by

Mark Todd (Labour)

Answering body

Lord Chancellor's Department

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 May 2002

Reference

53459; 385 c314-5W

House

House of Commons

Lord Chancellors Dept

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the ISP bandwidth of the 1901 Census website was at the time it was suspended; and what the planned ISP bandwidth is after the programme of enhancements has been completed.

Asked by

David Lidington (Conservative)

Answering body

Lord Chancellor's Department

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 March 2002

Reference

38556; 381 c1173W;381 c1175W

House

House of Commons

Lord Chancellors Dept

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when work started on transcribing the 1901 Census returns on to computer.

Asked by

David Lidington (Conservative)

Answering body

Lord Chancellor's Department

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 March 2002

Reference

38540; 381 c55W

House

House of Commons

Lord Chancellors Dept

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what criteria were used to select the people who were employed to check the transcriptions onto computer of the 1901 Census returns.

Asked by

David Lidington (Conservative)

Answering body

Lord Chancellor's Department

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 March 2002

Reference

38548; 381 c56W

House

House of Commons

Lord Chancellors Dept

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many people were employed to check the transcriptions onto computer of the 1901 Census returns.

Asked by

David Lidington (Conservative)

Answering body

Lord Chancellor's Department

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 March 2002

Reference

38544; 381 c55-6W

House

House of Commons

Adjournment debate on the Public Record Office and the 1901 Census

Adjournment debate on the Public Record Office and the 1901 Census.

Lead member

Ed Davey

Answering member

Baroness Winterton of Doncaster

Department

Lord Chancellor's Department

Type

Adjournment debates

Date

4 February 2002

Reference

379 c706-14

House

House of Commons

Lord Chancellors Dept

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the cost to public funds was of setting-up and providing systems to support the 1901 Census website. - Inc figures.

Asked by

David Lidington (Conservative)

Answering body

Lord Chancellor's Department

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 January 2002

Reference

26503; 378 c102W;378 c100W

House

House of Commons

Lord Chancellors Dept

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, pursuant to his Answer of 12th November, 374 c564W, on the Libra project, how many MCCs with office automation have retained separate stand-alone terminals to provide access to the legacy systems.

Asked by

Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Lord Chancellor's Department

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 November 2001

Reference

16716; 375 c552W;375 c554W

House

House of Commons

Lord Chancellors Dept

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, pursuant to his Answer of 12th November, 374 c564W, on the Libra project, if stand alone terminals will be retained for access for specific local systems where that access was not available on the legacy network, and is not currently available on...

Asked by

Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Lord Chancellor's Department

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 November 2001

Reference

16731; 375 c552W;375 c554W

House

House of Commons

Librarians' tools

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Answering member

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