Transport written question – answered at on 28 October 2008.
Mark Hoban
Shadow Minister (Treasury)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what IT projects (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies is undertaking; and what the most recent estimate of (i) the cost and (ii) the completion date of each is.
Geoff Hoon
Secretary of State, Department for Transport
The following tables show IT projects taking place within the Department and its agencies.
DFT Central is undertaking the following IT projects:
| Project | Most recent estimate of cost (£) | Most recent estimate of completion date |
| Shared Services Programme | 128,300,000 | 2012 |
| ETHOS office system upgrade | 2,700,000 | November 2008 |
| TRANSEC Website project | 261,000 | May 2009 |
| National database for SCANNER (Surface Condition Assessment for the National Network of Roads) data | 150,000 | September 2009 |
| Passenger Counts Database | 2-3,000,000 | June 2010 |
| CRASH (Collision Reporting and Sharing) | (1)— | 2010 |
| National Travel Survey database redevelopment | (2)— | 2010 |
| (1) Out to tender (2) Not yet tendered | ||
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is undertaking the following IT projects:
| Project | Most recent estimate of cost (£) | Most recent estimate of completion date |
| Driver Licence Upgrade Project | 15,224,000 | November 2008 |
| Drivers Reengineering Project | 107,670,000 | March 2009 |
| Ten Year Renewal 2 | 16,397,000 | March 2010 |
Vehicle Operating Standards Agency (VOSA) is undertaking the following IT projects:
| Project | Most recent estimate of cost (£) | Most recent estimate of completion date |
| Automatic Number Plate Recognition and Weigh In Motion Sensors | 5,800,000 | March 2009 |
| MOT Enforcement Transformation | 3,600,000 | March 2009 |
| Transport Office Portal | 14,700,000 | March 2009 |
| 3D Secure and PCI DSS | 1,300,000 | March 2009 |
| Electronic Test Bookings | 16,500,000 | March 2009 |
| Customer Information Services Project | 1,100,000 | March 2009 |
The Highways Agency (HA) is undertaking the following IT projects:
| Project | Most recent estimate of cost (£) | Most recent estimate of completion date (financial year) |
| Integrated Asset Management System Programme | 39,850,000 | 2017-18 |
| Business Intelligence Service Delivery | 1,900,301 | 2008-09 |
| Major Projects Business Intelligence Enabling Project | 1,077,000 | 2009-10 |
| Network Performance—BI Project | 2,008,509 | 2009-10 |
| Oracle Enhancement Project | 1,230,000 | 2008-09 |
| Sharing HA Records Electronically | 4,978,000 | 2009-10 |
| HA Pavement Management System | 9,945,443 | 2010-11 |
| HA Traffic Information System | 4,669,460 | 2008-09 |
| Traffic Information 2011+ | 4,000,000 | 2011-12 |
| Better Traffic Data—Incremental Improvements | 550,000 | 2009-10 |
| Computer Aided Facilities Management System upgrade | 15,000 | 2008-09 |
| Environmental Information System | 1,894,433 | 2009-10 |
| Evaluate the purchase of AM broadcast licences for Traffic Radio | 15,000 | 2008-09 |
| FOI/EIR web disclosure log | 15,000 | 2008-09 |
| HA Data and Information services Policy Project | 14,000 | 2008-09 |
| Highways Agency Information Points | 1,031,000 | 2010-11 |
| Laptop Encryption | 90,000 | 2008-09 |
| SHARE Legacy File Management | 88,000 | 2009-10 |
| Structures Management Information System | 85,400 | 2009-10 |
| TAME (Traffic Appraisal, Modelling and Economics) Traffic Counter Granularity and Telemetry Upgrade | 1,650,000 | 2009-10 |
| Way We Work—RedDot—SHARE Integration Project | 82,000 | 2009-10 |
| Video Information Highway Policy Implementation | 115,000 | 2009-10 |
The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) is undertaking the following IT projects:
| Project | Most recent estimate of cost (£) | Most recent estimate of completion date |
| Driver Certificate of Professional Competence project (includes IT elements) | £36,000,000 | September 2009 |
| New Practical Test Booking System—DTCS-T | £3,500,000 | December 2008 |
| Enterprise Scanning Solution | £900,000 | November 2008 |
| Intranet Project | 800,000-1,000,000 | March 2009 |
| ISO9001 (includes IT elements) | 300,000 | October 2008 |
| Central Servers Refresh | 266,000 | March 2009 |
| Central Backup (Servers) | 100,000 | December 2008 |
| Area Office IT Refresh | 817,000 | March 2009 |
| IT Enhancements to Driving Test Centres | 863,500 | December 2008 |
| Laptop Remote Access | 214,400 | December 2008 |
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency is undertaking the following IT projects:
| Project | Most recent estimate of cost (£) | Most recent estimate of completion date (quarter, year) |
| Consolidated European Reporting System/Single Vessel Database | 5,000,000 | Q1 2010 |
| Radio Equipment Replacement Project | 5,000,000 | Q3 2010 |
| Automatic Identification System Service Provision Project | 500,000 | Q1 2009 |
The Government Car and Despatch Agency (GCDA) is undertaking the following IT project:
| Project | Most recent estimate of cost (£) | Most recent estimate of completion date |
| Booking and Despatch—to implement a new operational system to support the Agency's Government Mail and Government Cars businesses | 255,000 | December 2008 |
The Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) is not undertaking any IT projects.
The Department for Transport does not hold centrally collected records on IT projects, which are managed locally. The aforementioned tables therefore show available information on major projects under way within DFT Central and each of its agencies.
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