Oral Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
“What recent steps his Department has taken to deliver the ECHO2 Programme.”
Tabled: 20 November 2024Answered: 26 November 2024
Asked by
Edward Morello
Liberal Democrat — West Dorset
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (Catherine West)
The ECHO 2 telephone contract for telephones in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is 79% completed, but is on track for completion in January 2025. Ministers and officials have been working day and night to fix the procurement mistakes of the previous Government.