Health written question – answered on 23 March 2009.
Jennifer Willott
Shadow Secretary of State, Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) outturn cost and (b) completion date of each ICT project initiated by his Department and its predecessor that cost more than £1 million was, in each year since 2002.
Ben Bradshaw
Minister of State (Regional Affairs) (South West), The Minister of State, Department of Health
The outturn costs and completion dates of information and communication technology projects (ICT) costing over £1 million that were initiated by the Department's Information Services function since 2002 are as follows:
| Name of project | Outturn cost of project (£ million) | Completion date of project |
| DOTP | 3.328 | March 2004 |
| CSC Transformation | 12.7 | December 2004 |
| Vista | 6.9 | April 2004 |
| UNIFY1 | 1.989 | September 2005 |
| SP2 Upgrade | 1.065 | March 2007 |
| Quarry House LAN | 2.738 | June 2007 |
| Delphi | 2.261 | June 2006 |
| The Club | 1.7 | March 2007 |
| Notes Upgrade | 2.141 | August 2008 |
| UNIFY2 | 2.580 | May 2007 |
| MEDBEN | 1.093 | October 2008 |
| BMS | 10.5 | July 2008 |
| Ref Costs 2008 | 1.235 | December 2008 |
| Delphi 2 | Ongoing | Not yet completed |
| UNIFY Enhancement | Ongoing | Not yet completed |
| ACCEA | Ongoing | Not yet completed |
The outturn costs and completion dates of the ICT projects costing over £1 million that were undertaken by NHS Choices since 2002 are as follows:
| Name of project | Initial estimated cost of project ( £ million) | Initial estimated delivery date of project |
| NHS Choices Technical Build | 4.28 | July 2007 |
The outturn costs and completion dates of the ICT projects costing over £1 million that were undertaken by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency since 2002 are as follows:
| Name of project | Outturn cost of project (£ million) | Completion date of project |
| Sentinel Pharmacovigilance Casefolders | 1.587 | May 2006 |
| Sentinel Server Upgrade | 3.5 | January 2009 |
| Sentinel Component Software Development | Ongoing | Not yet completed |
The ICT projects undertaken by NHS Connecting for Health are listed as follows:
| Name of project | Outturn cost of project (£ billion) | Completion date of project |
| National Programme for IT (NPfIT) | 6.8(1) | (2)— |
| (1 )The original estimated core contracts cost of £6.2 billion is unchanged. The revised figure of £6.8 billion includes additional functionality. This is included in the cost of the entire programme (£12.656 billion at 2004-05 prices, including local and other costs) as reported by the National Audit Office in its May 2008 report on NPfIT. (2 )NPfIT comprises a number of separate systems and services for which, as a whole, there is no single completion date. Note: Cost of providing the above information. The cost of obtaining and collating the above information is approx £650. There are ICT elements to some of the business area programmes within the Department (e.g. Influenza Pandemic Preparedness) but the additional cost to obtain and collate this information would be disproportionate and exceed the £750 threshold for answers to parliamentary questions. | ||
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