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Written question asked by Lord Grayling (Conservative) on Wednesday, 28 June 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 3 July 2006. It was answered by Stephen Ladyman (Labour) on Tuesday, 18 July 2006 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Transport Direct

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much it cost to construct www.transportdirect.info; and how much it has cost to operate per month on average.
Answer

The information is as follows:Construction of www.transportdirect.info.Overall Capital spend on the Transport Direct portal Design, Build and Operate (DBO) contract has been as follows:

Period £ million
2002-03 1.3
2003-04 9.3
2004-05 9.6
2005-06 7.3
2006-07 0.4
Total to end March 2006 27.9

These figures represent the sums paid to Atos Origin (the DBO contractor) for all aspects of the DBO contract excluding non-Capital elements.The DBO contract has been just one part of the overall Transport Direct Programme. Whilst the Portal DBO contract cost more than we originally estimated, the overall Programme budget under spent.Operational costs are in the region of £225,000-£250,000 per calendar month, while data supply costs are in the region of £100,000 per month.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
449 c275-6W; 82210
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Transport Direct
Link
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