SPPA asks Scottish government for £18.4m after Capita IT project cancelled

Victoria Tichá
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The Scottish Public Pensions Agency (SPPA) has requested £18.4m from the Scottish government over the next five years in order to deliver a replacement IT project after a Capita project was cancelled.

A report published on 4 October by public body Audit Scotland - relating to the accounts of the SPPA - revealed the SPPA had spent approximately £6.3m on a doomed IT project that sought to deliver ...

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