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Written question asked by Vincent Cable (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 16 January 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 21 January 2008. It was answered by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Monday, 29 September 2008 on behalf of the Home Office.

Departmental ICT

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the (a) start date, (b) original planned completion date, (c) current expected completion date, (d) planned cost and (e) current estimated cost is for each information technology project being undertaken by her Department and its agencies; and if she will make a statement.
Answer

Following is a table of information technology projects currently being undertaken by the Home Office and its agencies. Please note that, due to the large number of IT projects run by the Home Office we have limited the scope of this response to projects valued at more than £5 million.

Business owner Programme Start date Original planned completion Current expected completion Planned cost (£) Current estimated cost (£)
UK Border Agency eBorders 14 November 2007 1 March 2014 1 March 2014 849.5 million 827.3 million
IPS National Identity Scheme—IPS element 24 October 2006 2012 2012 ¹5.43 billion ²4.74 billion
UKBA Identity Cards for Foreign Nationals (formerly BRP) April 2007 March 2009 August 2010 ³ 9.6 12.4 million
UK Border Agency Immigration Casework (ICW)4 April 2008 June 2015 June 2015 370 million 370 million
UK Border Agency Points Based System (PBS) July 2008 March 2011 March 2011 33 million 33 million
Shared Services SBS Programme 2005 2011 2011 32 million 541 million
CRCSG/Independent Safeguarding Authority Vetting and Barring Scheme January 2007 April 2009 October 2009 684 million 684 million
¹ 10 year period October 2007 to October 2017) consisting of: set up costs £0.24 billion, operational costs £5.19 billion (2007-08 prices).
² 10 year period April 2008 to April 2018) consisting of: set up costs £0.32 billion, operational costs £4.42 billion (2008-09 prices).
³ For IT costs only high level estimate at start of project.
4 These figures are estimates developed for the ICW OBC. They have not yet been baselined.
5 Including costs of enhanced technology and Procurement Centre of Excellence.
6 Set up £246 million operational costs over five years.

In addition to the above, the Home Office is also the lead department for the cross Government Interception Modernisation Programme, announced by the Prime Minister in February 2008

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
479 c2326-8W; 180570
Session
2007-08
Subjects
ICT Home Office
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk