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Written question asked by Brooks Newmark (Conservative) on Thursday, 25 January 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 29 January 2007. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Basildon (Labour) on Tuesday, 6 February 2007 on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Departmental Expenditure

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much was spent by her Department on buying, operating and supporting (a) all commercial software products and (b) software products produced by Microsoft was in each of the last three years.
Answer

The Department for Communities and Local Government was created in May 2006.The following figures in respect of expenditure on software licences and maintenance for the last three complete financial years are for the Department’s predecessor, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Corporate IT services
£000¹
Financial year Total software (including Microsoft) Identifiable as Microsoft
2003-04 993 230
2004-05 817 230
2005-06 333 60
¹ These figures include the cost of licenses, maintenance and upgrade protection and exclude VAT

Figures for software licences purchased by the ODPM for non-corporate IT services over the same period are as follows:

Financial year Total software licences (£000)¹
2003-04 3,188
2004-05 2,636
2005-06 1,828
¹ Excluding VAT

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
112603; 456 c779W;456 c781W
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Software Department for Communities and Local Government Microsoft
Link
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