Written question asked by Nigel Waterson (Conservative) on Tuesday, 9 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 11 March 2010. It was answered by Angela Eagle (Labour) on Tuesday, 23 March 2010 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

National Employment Savings Trust

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment she has made of the lessons to be learned from other Government IT projects in the delivery of services for the National Employment Savings Trust by the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority.

Answer: The Department's Enabling Retirement Savings Programme, which is responsible for delivering the workplace pension reforms has used internal and external expertise to ensure robust delivery of IT programmes, including regular contact with the Office of Government Commerce, about IT project management both in the public and private sectors over the course of the last year, the causes of project failure and the lessons that could be learned from previous Government IT projects.

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