Written question asked by Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 25 January 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 21 February 2005. It was answered by Lord Hutton of Furness (Labour) on Monday, 21 February 2005 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many contracts in his Department have been granted to (a) EDS, (b) Fujitsu and (c) jointly in each of the last two years; whether they were open to competition; for what they were granted; for how much, and over what period of time; and if he will make a statement.

Answer: Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many contracts in his Department have been granted to (a) EDS, (b) Fujitsu and (c) jointly in each of the last two years; whether they were open to competition; for what they were granted; for how much; over what period of time; and if he will make a statement. [211616] Mr. Hutton: The Department does not hold centrally a record of individual contracts for all policy areas nor does it have similar details for its agencies. However, information is available in the major information technology procurement areas for the Department and shows only one contract has been let to Fujitsu over the last two years. It was an open competition under Official Journal of the European Community/Official Journal of the European Union rules for the provision of IT systems for the primary and acute care sectors as part of the national programme for IT southern regional cluster. The contract, which will run over nine years, commenced on 30 June 2004 and has a value of £896 million. EDS was an unsuccessful bidder for this contract.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 431 c139-40W;431 c141W; 211616
Session: 2004-05
Subjects: Contracts Government departments Department of Health Electronic Data Systems Fujitsu
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk