£141m benefits computer shelved [Archive]

mancroft

5 Sep 2006, 11:17 AM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5315280.stm

A new computer system used to process benefits payments has been scrapped at a cost to the taxpayer of £141m, the BBC has learned.

Another UK government computer cock-up.

Wankers.

Dom

5 Sep 2006, 12:33 PM

Yeah I could have cocked it up for them, for half the money!

mancroft

5 Sep 2006, 12:37 PM

Yeah I could have cocked it up for them, for half the money!

:rofl:

zhang_bob

5 Sep 2006, 01:24 PM

This is precisely the reason biometric ID cards will not work.

Stoned_Rider

5 Sep 2006, 01:30 PM

While I was studying computer science in London, I was shocked to learn that a very high percentage of major IT projects in the UK (and probably the world) end up in failure. I think it was 65% or something. I'll try to find some links.

Heleuiski

5 Sep 2006, 01:51 PM

While I was studying computer science in London, I was shocked to learn that a very high percentage of major IT projects in the UK (and probably the world) end up in failure. I think it was 65% or something. I'll try to find some links.

Why am I not surprised?