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Written question asked by Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 12 July 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 14 July 2006. It was answered by Stephen Ladyman (Labour) on Tuesday, 25 July 2006 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Transport Direct Portal

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the (a) estimated and (b) outturn cost was in each year since inception of the (i) development and (ii) running of the Transport Direct portal.
Answer

Since inception, estimated and outturn spend on the Transport Direct Portal Design, Build and Operate (DBO) contract, which covers both development and operational costs, has been as follows:

£ million
Period Estimate Outturn
2002-03 1.9 1.3
2003-04 9.9 9.3
2004-05 8.5 9.6
2005-06 9.1 9.8

These figures represent the total sums paid to Atos Origin (the DBO contractor) for all aspects of the DBO contract.The overall budget for the Transport Direct (TD) Programme, which included this contract among many other things, was £57 million (Capital and Resource) for the Period of Spending Review 2002 (April 2003 to March 2006). The overall programme budget underspent by £12 million and, with the agreement of the TD Programme and Project Boards, funds were transferred from the TD Programme to the Portal DBO contract to reflect the fact that some of the work originally envisaged as programme was undertaken within the project. This accounts for the minor overspends noted above against 2004-05 and 2005-06.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
85819; 449 c1313-4W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Transport Direct
Link
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