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Treasury;Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency

Answer

Mr. Matthew Taylor: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how much revenue CCTA have raised through commissions paid on sales facilitated by (a) G-cat and (b) S-cat in each of the last five financial years; [151535] (2) what proportion of orders placed through (a) G-cat and (b) S-cat have exceeded £200,000 in the last year for which figures are available. [151534] Mr. Andrew Smith: [holding answers 27 February 2001]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency. I have asked him to reply. Letter from Bob Assirati to Mr. Matthew Taylor, dated 15 March 2001: The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply to your two recent Parliamentary Questions (Ref: 151534, 151535) about GCat and S-CAT. The information you have requested is given below. For the year up to 31 December 2000, approximately 0.25% of GCat orders (1 in every 400) exceeded £200k in value. The equivalent figure for S-CAT was 3.5% (1 in 33). The revenues received by CCTA on sales through these schemes for each of the last 5 years is as follows: £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Financial year GCat S-CAT 2000-01 (up to 31/12/2000) 855.8 1,471 1999-2000 1,248 1,285.5 1998-99 990.7 563 1997-98 561.8 20.3 1996-97 244.8 0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. As a self-funding executive agency it is a requirement that the total costs of procurement and contract management are recovered in full. The term revenue in this context relates to the charges levied to contractors to cover these expenses. Due to the recent variations in volume of business, a revenue review of GCat and S-CAT is being conducted. General information about income and expenditure related to the services provided by CCTA, including catalogue services, was set out in their last Annual Report and Accounts for 1999-2000, copies of which can be found in the House of Commons Library.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

365 c29W; 151535;151534

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Contracts ICT Government departments Income Public bodies Procurement Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency G-CAT

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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