Written question asked by Andrew Murrison (Conservative) on Thursday, 3 March 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 17 March 2005. It was answered by Lord Hutton of Furness (Labour) on Thursday, 17 March 2005 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department will pay to fund the capital and revenue costs of the cluster data stores to be provided by local service providers as part of their picture archiving and communications contract with the Department.

Answer: Dr. Murrison: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department will pay to fund the capital and revenue costs of the cluster data stores to be provided by local service providers as part of their picture archiving and communications contract with the Department. [220861] Mr. Hutton: The Department's total planned contribution, via the national programme for information technology, is £61 million capital and £225 million revenue.

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