Written question asked by Gordon Marsden (Labour) on Wednesday, 12 January 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 18 January 2000. It was answered by Andrew Smith (Labour) on Tuesday, 18 January 2000 on behalf of the Treasury.

Treasury

Question: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the outsourcing of the Information Technology Services Agency will be subject to pre-contract review by the Treasury PFI Taskforce.

Answer: Mr. Gordon Marsden: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if the outsourcing of the Information Technology Services Agency will be subject to pre- contract review by the Treasury PFI Taskforce. [105195] Mr. Andrew Smith: Yes. The outsourcing of the Information Technology Services Agency is a part of the ACCORD PFI project with which the Treasury Taskforce is closely involved, and it will be subject to a pre-contract review which will be carried out by the Taskforce in association with the McCartney Committee which has been set up to examine the lessons that can be learnt from past Government IT projects and to give guidance on the conduct of future projects.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 342 c394W;342 c392W; 105195
Session: 1999-00
Subjects: Computers Contracts for services Private finance initiative Information Technology Services Agency