FOI on IT contracts.pdf - The Rural Payments Agency - Defra

YEAR
ACCENTURE
£ m
INFOTERRA
£ m
TOTAL
£ m
2003-04 14.10 1.20 15.30
2004-05 10.20 0.70 10.90
2005-06 18.40 3.70 22.10
TOTAL 42.70 5.60 48.30
Additionally, RPA’s Infrastructure Services (IS) have many other contracts supporting
infrastructure and applications many of which have some applicability to SPS functions.
The IS annual expenditure is published in RPA’s Annual Accounts. The totals are shown in
Table 2 below for ease of reference.
TABLE 2: IS Annual Expenditure
YEAR £ 000
2005-06 Not yet published
2004-05 62,484
2003-04 40,813
2002-03 23,127
2001-02 21,816
Copies of the full Annual Reports and Accounts can be found at the following web address:
www.rpa.gov.uk. You should follow the links “about RPA” then “plan, reports and other key
documents”.
The IS budget is managed centrally and is not apportioned to business areas. Therefore it
is not possible to extract complete IT costs associated exclusively with the SPS for the
period requested without utilising an excessively high level of resources. This information is
therefore exempt from disclosure under section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000,
which states that there is an exemption where costs of compliance exceed the appropriate
limit.
I have included for factual information a recent answer to Parliamentary Question (PQ)
4835 05/06 which provides further information about IS contracts for 2005/6 and a copy is
marked as Annex D. This PQ should provide an indication of the number of IS contracts
that support RPA in the delivery of all aspects of its business.
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish
to make a complaint, you should write to Peter Crewe, Head of Chief Executive’s Office at
RPA, Kings House, 33 Kings Road, Reading, RG1 3BU, within 40 working days, who will
arrange for an internal review of your case.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can
be contacted at:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF