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Sunday computer fix `costs pounds 11,600'
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The Independent - London
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June 5, 2002
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Copyright informationCopyright 2002 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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AN INQUIRY was demanded yesterday after it was revealed the
taxpayer pays almost pounds 12,000 every time a computer technician
is called out to the National Probation Service on a Sunday
The probation service apparently has a deal with computer firm
Integris but it is charged pounds 2,661 for any call-outs between 6pm
and 10pm on weekdays. The cost per visit on Saturdays is pounds
8,704, rising to pounds 11,600 on Sundays. Even during office hours,
each computer terminal check by an expert costs pounds 485.
An independent study of the system, commissioned by the Probation
Boards Association (PBA), said maintenance charges were far too high.
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