Written question asked by David Davis (Conservative) on Thursday, 30 November 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 4 December 2006. It was answered by Lord Reid of Cardowan (Labour) on Monday, 25 June 2007 on behalf of the Home Office.
Identity Cards
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answer of 27 November 2006, Official Report, columns 390-2W, on identity cards, what the value was of each contract; what other contracts his Department has signed with external organisations on the (a) identity cards project and (b) National Identity Register; and what the value was of each additional contract.
- Answer
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The following table details the external organisations to which the Home Office Identity Cards Programme let contracts or made payments between the financial years 2004-05 and 2005-06.
£ Company 2004-05 2005-06 Sirius consortium (Fujitsu Services Ltd and Global Crossing Ltd and PWC) 184,000 — SchlumbergerSema (Atos Origin) 56,000 — Atos Origin IT Services UK Ltd 1,079,000 — Shreeveport Management Consultancy 43,000 — Axon Group Plc 29,000 — Cornwell Management Consultants plc 48,000 — PA Consulting (and within this contract, Electronic Commerce Associates Ltd.) 7,710,000 20,690,000 CESG Communications Electronic Security Group 7,000 133,000 Partnerships UK 24,000 69,000 Field Fisher Waterhouse 309,000 862,000 Office of Government Commerce 12,000 — Interleader Ltd — 2,000 Veredus London — 135,000 The Metropolitan Police — 35,000 KPMG — 90,000 Ernst and Young — 111,000 Sigma — 37,000 Abbey Consulting — 4,000 Whitehead Mann Ltd — 17,000 Alan Hughes — 16,000 Excel Recruitment — 20,000 Since the merger of the Home Office Identity Cards Programme and the UK Passport Service to create the Identity and Passport Service on 1 April 2006, projects to deliver biometric passports, identity cards and other improvements have been necessarily combined. As much of the functionality needed to implement identity cards is also required for the implementation of biometric passports, this is the most cost-effective way to deliver these initiatives (e.g. both the implementation of biometric passports and identity cards will require a very similar application procedure as well the procurement of biometric recording equipment, data storage capability for biographical and biometric information and offices to facilitate enrolment).As a result, much of the work conducted by Identity and Passport Service cannot be categorised, both financially and operationally, as contributing towards either the introduction of biometric passports or identity cards alone. The work is accounted for as future development projects.Equally, contracts with external organisations are signed on the basis of providing services to project or activities which can apply to both existing passport operational business as well as the future development of biometric passports, identity cards and future improvements. As a result, a breakdown of payments made to such organisations for the purposes of the development of identity cards or the National Identity Register in the financial year 2006-07 cannot be provided.However, the following provides a list of external organisations from which the Identity and Passport Service has obtained either consulting services and/or contracted staff in the financial year 2006-07 and the level of payment which has been attributed to the future development of both biometric passports, identity cards and associated improvements in that financial year. The list excludes payments attributed to organisations providing legal and professional services.Even without the introduction of identity cards, a significant proportion of this expenditure would have been required in order to prepare for the introduction of second biometric passports. Overall, it is estimated that around 70 per cent. of the total cost of the scheme would need to be incurred in order to introduce the second biometric passport incorporating fingerprint biometrics.Between £5 million and £10 million:"PA Consulting Group"Between £1 million and £5 million:"Capita Resourcing"Between £500,000 and £1 million:"Parity Resources""Glotel Technology Working"Between £50,000 and £500,000:"Adecco UK Ltd""Allen Lane""ASE Consulting Ltd""Capita Interim Management""CESG (Communications Electronics Security Group)""Chamberlain Beaumont""Computer People""Crystal UK Ltd""Elan Computing Ltd""Electronic Computer Associates (novated from PA Consulting contract)""Hays Accounting""Hedra Ltd""Hudson Global Resources Ltd""Kelly Services""KPMG""Logica CMC""Methods Consulting""Montpelier Contracting and Consulting""Northern Recruitment Group plc""OGC Accounting Service""Pendragon Information Systems""Real-Time Consultants plc""Ruillion Computer""Sand Resources""Search Total Recruitment Solutions""Security Printing Systems Ltd""Shreeveport Ltd""Spring Technology""TAG TPS Ltd""The Nesco Group""Veredus"Under £50,000:"Alan Hughes""Angela Mortimer plc""Anite Public Sector""Atos Origin IT Services Ltd""Beamans Ltd""British Print Industries Federation""Brook Street""Buchanan and Darby Associates""Business in the Community""Callcredit plc""CE Williams""Central Office of Information""Centre for Accessibility""Diane Bailey Associates""Donaldson’s""Drivers Jonas""ER Consultants""Equifax Ltd""Excel Recruitment""Home Office Cashiers""Ian Farrand HR Management Consultants""Ideas UK""Identix Ltd""Immediate Interns""Insight Consulting""Josephine Sammons Ltd""Kingston Communications plc.""Lambert Smith Hampton""Manpower UK Ltd""Michael Page UK Ltd""Minority Matters Recruitment""McCrindle Associates Ltd""OCS""Officeforce Ltd""Parity Training Ltd""Partnerships UK""Plain English Campaign""PicnicBox""Procurement Services Ltd""QDOS Computer Consultants""Q1 Consulting""Reed Accounting Personnel""Resource Analysts Ltd""RNA Ltd""Robert Walters""Security Services Group""SGS UK Ltd""Siemens Business Services""Sigma""St. John’s Ambulance Services""Step Ahead""Streamline Financial Solutions""Telelogic UK Ltd""TK Cobley""The Whelan Partnership""The Whitehall and Industry Group""Turner and Townsend Project Management Ltd""White Young""Yale Data Management Consultant Ltd"
Secondary information
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- 104624; 462 c305-8W
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- 2006-07
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- Identity cards
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