BPDTS

(asked on 10th July 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the time of directors of the Benefits and Pensions Digital Technology Services Limited (BPDTS) is spent as (a) employees of his Department and (b) employees of BPDTS; who in his Department awards work to BPDTS; whether there is any financial benefit to those directors from work awarded by his Department to that company; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
Guy Opperman Portrait
Guy Opperman
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 13th July 2017

BPDTS Ltd was set-up to provide IT services to DWP previously provided by Hewlett Packard Enterprises Ltd. The Secretary of State is the sole member of the company and therefore in effect its owner.

There are two Executive Directors (the Chief Executive and the Chief Financial Officer) both of whom are civil servants, employed by DWP. The Chief Executive spends approximately 75% of his time on BPDTS business and the Chief Financial Officer 100% of his time.

There are five non-Executive Directors who are also senior officers of DWP. The time they spent on the company’s business is limited to attendance at monthly Board meetings and preparations for those meetings.

Service orders identifying work to be undertaken by BPDTS Ltd are agreed with the DWP Digital Group.

There is no financial benefit in awarding this work to any Director.

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