Written question asked by Brian Jenkins (Labour) on Thursday, 14 October 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 10 November 2004. It was answered by Ian Pearson (Labour) on Wednesday, 10 November 2004 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

Northern Ireland Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much the Department spent on outside information technology and communication specialist consultants and engineers in the 2003-04 financial year. - Inc figures.

Answer: Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much the Department spent on outside information technology and communication specialist consultants and engineers in the 2003-04 financial year. [191908] Mr. Pearson: The 11 departments of the Northern Ireland Administration and the Northern Ireland Office spent £1,961,593 on information and communication technology consultants and engineers in the 2003-04 financial year. This investment was made to provide expertise and/or resource that was not available within the internal ICT resource. The figure provided relates to specific ICT consultancy engagements. It does not include on-going and planned contractual arrangements between NI Departments and the private sector for operational ICT systems and services.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 426 c791W;426 c795W; 191908
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Contracts Consultants ICT Expenditure Government departments Staff Northern Ireland Office Engineers
Contains statistics: Yes
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