Dear Mr Rydell,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST NO 28-07-2009-124703-004–Contracts With Northgate Information Solutions Plc (or NorthgateArinso)

Thank you for your e-mail of 27 July to the Ministry of Defence. This is considered to be a request for information in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

While our contracts database have not been able to find an exact match to the contract names you supplied us, please find below information for which we believe to be related companies:

Contractor / Contract Start Date / Value (£m) VAT Ex / Nature of Contract
NorthgateAtearinso UK Ltd / Not known / Not known / Computer and related activity
Northgate Secure Information Solutions Limited / September 2003 / 8.0 / Computer and related activity
Northgate Secure Information Solutions Limited / November 2005 / 2.0 / Computer and related activity
Northgate Information Solutions Limited / October 2002 / 0.2 / Computer and related activity

Please accept my apologies for not being able to fully supply the data requested against the entry for NorthgateAtearinso UK Ltd. This is because while payments have been made, they have only been categorised as miscellaneous payments and as such do not require the raising of our Def Form 57, our method of collecting contract information. This is usually the case when payments are for small quantities or values or for local purchase orders not requiring the raising of a dedicated contract.

If you are not satisfied with this response or you wish to complain about any aspect of the handling of your request, then you should contact me in the first instance. If informal resolution is not possible and you are still dissatisfied then you may apply for an independent internal review by contacting the Head of Corporate Information, 6th Floor, MODMainBuilding, Whitehall, SW1A 2HB (e-mail ). Please note that any request for an internal review must be made within 40 working days of the date on which the attempt to reach informal resolution has come to an end.

If you remain dissatisfied following an internal review, you may take your complaint to the Information Commissioner under the provisions of Section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act. Please note that the Information Commissioner will not investigate your case until the MOD internal review process has been completed. Further details of the role and powers of the Information Commissioner can be found on the Commissioner's website,

Yours sincerely,

Andrew Parrish