Former Social Security bosses Owen Le Tissier, left and Mary Lowe, right, were involved in the department’s move from a mainframe computer system to a modern PC server-based one. (Montage by John O’Neill, 0539440)
SOCIAL SECURITY has gone £3m. over budget with its new computer system.
In what is seen as another blow to public confidence the department, which did not have to inform the States of the project or of its costs, has overseen a massive overspend on a project that is still not finished.
An additional estimate of £1.456m. in internal costs has been excluded in the total figure.
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