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174938

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date	21/01/2015
answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
answering dept id	200
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answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
hansard heading	Parliament: Software
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees how much it cost to procure the latest Microsoft Outlook system for use in Parliament; whether the system is working to specification; and what is being done about any problems encountered so far.
tabling member printed	Lord McAvoy
uin	HL4317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>The latest version of Outlook was included in Parliament’s rollout of Microsoft Office 365 during 2014 as part of the Improved Access to Services (IATS) project. IATS also delivered other new services but the costs of that project identifiable as directly related to Microsoft Outlook were £355,667 in 2013-14 and £158,802 in 2014-15 (including VAT).</p><p>In addition, Parliament provides each user with Microsoft Windows and its associated Office 365 software at a cost of £98.75 (not including VAT) per user per year.</p><p>The service has been deployed to over 7,000 users on the Parliamentary network and the overall system is working to specification. A number of users have reported some issues. In particular they have raised concerns about the design of the new Outlook interface and some have reported problems with passwords needing to be re-entered. Both of these issues have been raised with Microsoft.</p><p>If any Member is experiencing difficulties then Parliamentary ICT (PICT) is ready to offer assistance.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Sewel question first answered 03/02/2015 11:56:24 answering member 2124 label Biography information for Lord Sewel
tabling member	4158 label Biography information for Lord McAvoy

174959

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
answering dept id	200
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
hansard heading	Parliament: Correspondence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees how many items of correspondence were received in the Palace of Westminster in 2014; and, of those, what proportion was received in the House of Lords.
tabling member printed	Lord Norton of Louth
uin	HL4338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2015 answer text <p>In total, 2,234,763 items of mail were received in the Palace of Westminster in 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The Administration does not count which House each item goes to but estimates that approximately 25 per cent (558,691) of these items were destined for the House of Lords. These figures do not include parcels, courier items or internal mail.</p> answering member printed Lord Sewel question first answered 28/01/2015 13:50:37 answering member 2124 label Biography information for Lord Sewel
tabling member	3187 label Biography information for Lord Norton of Louth