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, 20 October 2004. It was answered by Bill Rammell (Labour) on Wednesday, 20 October 2004 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 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 Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much the Department spent on outside Information Technology and Communication specialist consultants and engineers in the 2003-04 financial year. [191913] Mr. Rammell: Expenditure by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on specialist Information Technology and Communication consultants during the 2003-04 Financial Year breaks down as follows: Administration costs: £11,501,689 Capitalised costs: £11,609,668 (including £9,096,502 in respect of the Department's PRISM management information system project) These figures do not take account of consultants engaged by individual Posts overseas and paid for from Posts' delegated budgets. Details of such consultancies are not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 425 c755W; 191913
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Contracts Consultants ICT Expenditure Government departments Staff Foreign and Commonwealth Office Engineers
Contains statistics: Yes
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