An additional £28 million is to be allocated to specific projects focusing on the national roll out of the National Projects and the take-up of e-services. Announcing the allocations today, Local e-Government Minister Phil Hope said:
“This money should assist all local authorities to deliver our shared target of e-enabling all priority services by end of 2005. We are beginning to see the results of the various projects across the country and this funding gives local authorities the support they need to deliver further improved e-services for the people in their area."
"Local authorities have been developing and improving their services using IT to give their customers the modern services they want and need. This support will help them to continue to improve and increase the use their customers make of them."
All local authorities - the people on the front line delivering e-Government - will receive £500K over the next two years (£350k in 04/05 and £150k in 05/06 subject to submitting satisfactory IEG progress reports). In addition to these flat rate payments, there will be extra non-financial help available to councils to help them meet the target.
Phil Hope added:
"These next two years will be an exciting time. As the projects begin to deliver results, services begin to improve people start to benefit."
"That is what e-Government is all about. I see this funding - the last allocations before the target - as helping local authorities get over any hurdles still ahead and allowing them to continue working with the determination I've seen first hand on many occasions."
Quelle: Tenders Direct, 12.02.2004
