Public Accounts Committee have reported on DII,
BBC report here. Full
PAC report here. It doesn't make good reading - I was amused by para 16 on page 15:
The Department monitors the performance of DII using indicators measured by ATLAS. At the time of the Comptroller and Auditor General’s report, ATLAS was not measuring all of indicators as specified in the contract. The Department can abate its monthly payment charge to ATLAS if indicators are not measured according to the contract, and if users experience poor availability or performance of DII. It has not exercised its right to penalise ATLAS where indicators have not been measured or have been measured manually. It has also not recorded where it has foregone abatements to use in commercial negotiations with ATLAS. The Department confirmed that all performance indicators are now being measured although some continue to be measured manually rather than electronically, and said that the results show the DII system was performing well.
So, in short, ATLAS are marking their own homework.
