Written question asked by Brian Jenkins (Labour) on Friday, 15 October 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 21 October 2004. It was answered by Richard Caborn (Labour) on Thursday, 21 October 2004 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Dept for Culture Media and Sport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Department spent on outside information technology and communication specialists, consultants and engineers in the 2003-04 financial year. - Including figures.

Answer: Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much the Department spent on outside information technology and communication specialists, consultants and engineers in the 2003-04 financial year. [192761] Mr. Caborn: DCMS outsources all its IT provision, IT consultancy and engineering work. In 2003-04 SchlumbergerSema (Atos Origin from January 2004) provided a full IT service for DCMS including IT specialists, software and hardware, consultancy and procurement. The costs for each are not separated out for accounting purposes. The total cost for IT provision, services, consultancy and procurement by SchlumbergerSema /Atos Origin was £3,576,737. In addition IT security consultancy provided by Syntegra was £102,681. The cost of engineers, JC Communications, was £19,211.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 192761; 425 c822W
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Contracts Consultants ICT Expenditure Government departments Staff Department for Culture, Media and Sport Engineers
Contains statistics: Yes
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