Written question asked by James Clappison (Conservative) on Monday, 20 April 1998, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 28 April 1998. It was answered by Mike O'Brien (Labour) on Tuesday, 28 April 1998 on behalf of the Home Office.

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Home Office

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans are in place for the use of information technology in processing asylum claims which were not in place on 1st May 1997; and how much spending on the deployment of information technology in the processing of asylum claims has been planned for, which was not planned for on 1 May 1997; and if, in respect of the 1996 contract between his Department and Siemens for computer supply at the Immigration and Nationality Department, at Lunar House, he will list the purposes for which the computer services were described as being acquired at the time the contract was concluded and comment on the extent to which the computer services are currently used for the processing of asylum claims; if the computer services are to be used to a greater extent for the processing of future asylum claims and what representations he has received from trade unions at Lunar House regarding the computer contract.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

311 c95-6W; 39387;39388;39386

Session

1997-98

Subjects

Contracts Asylum Applications Computers ICT Immigration Expenditure Government departments Trade unions Immigration and Nationality Directorate Siemens