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Dept of Trade and Industry

Answer

Mr. Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the IT projects currently undertaken in his Department; and if he will state the (a) expected completion date and (b) cost of each project. [151511] Dr. Howells: [holding answer 26 February 2001]: The following significant IT projects are currently being undertaken within the DTI. There are a number of smaller projects in progress all of which are expected to proceed broadly to time and budget. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Project Expected completion date Cost (£ million) Small Business Service Gateway{1} April 2001 11.2 Open Individual Export Licensing System July 2001 0.6 (OIELS) Export Licensing Via the Internet System April 2001 0.2 (ELVIS){2} Phase 1 British Trade International's Trade Partners Launched May 2000 1.3 UK internet gateway website (tradepartners.gov.uk) and intranet project{3} Prosecution Case Management system{4} March 2002 2.3 Patent Office Integrated Bibliographic and March 2001 2.0 Image System for Trade Marks DTI electronic records management system December 2003 73.0 (MATRIX) Integration of Fixed Links Licensing into April 2001 0.5 Radiocommunications Agency Unified Licensing System Radiocommunications Agency Electronic June 2001 0.5 Licensing Programme{5} _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} The SBS Gateway will go live in April 2001 but other elements are likely to be added thereafter. {2} This is the first phase in a larger project. {3} The Trade Partners UK Gateway website service was originally launched in May 2000 and is subject to ongoing development and enhancements. {4} This project has started quite recently. Decisions on final lifetime cost (over an anticipated 10-year life) and duration will depend on the results of analysis which is still under way. {5} Initial phase, including Electronic News gathering permissions and web-enabling of some licence products.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

151511; 364 c643-4W;364 c643W

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Software Costs Department of Trade and Industry ICT Government departments

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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