Rosie Cooper
Labour, West Lancashire
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost to his Department is of meeting its contractual obligations to Atos Origin in each year of that contract.
Chris Grayling
The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions
The total cost of the DWP Medical Services contract with Atos Healthcare, a division of Atos Origin, is in the region of £100 million per annum. This estimate covers the total number of examinations undertaken across all benefits and also includes relating to written and verbal medical advice, fixed overheads, administrative costs, investment in new technology and other service improvements.
Since the commencement of the current contract, the spend with Atos Healthcare is shown in the following table.
| £ million | |
| 1 September 2005 to March 2006 | 73.3 |
| 2006-07 | 60.2 |
| 2007-08 | 70.2 |
| 2008-09 | 111.8 |
| 2009-10 | 99.1 |
The cost incurred in 2010-11 to
Does this answer the above question?
Yes0 people think so
No0 people think not
Would you like to ask a question like this yourself? Use our Freedom of Information site.