Written question asked by Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 5 December 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 14 February 2002. It was answered by Ian McCartney (Labour) on Thursday, 14 February 2002 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Dept for Work and Pensions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much of the budget for modernising the delivery of the social security system will be spent on (a) the Payment Modernisation Programme, (b) the New IT for the Child Support Agency, (c) new front end systems, (d) replacement of legacy systems, (d) improvements to management information, (e) PCs for all staff, (f) modernising services to pensioners, including preparation for the pension credit and (g) his Department's work on (i) the working tax credit and (ii) the child tax credit. (Info in Library Dep 02/375). - Inc ref to 12 December 2001, 376 c899W.

Answer: Mr. Kirkwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much of the budget for modernising the delivery of the social security system will be spent on (a) the Payment Modernisation Programme, (b) the New IT for the Child Support Agency, (c) new front end systems, (d) replacement of legacy systems, (d) improvements to management information, (e) PCs for all staff, (f) modernising services to pensioners, including preparation for the pension credit and (g) his Department's work on (i) the working tax credit and (ii) the child tax credit. [22059] Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his answer of 12 December 2001, Official Report, column 899W, on the 2001 Departmental report, how much and what proportion of the Welfare Modernisation Fund money has been allocated to specific projects. [30136] Mr. McCartney: Available information can be found in the document `Department for work and pensions: approach to IT investment', a copy of which has been placed in the Library.

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