Written question asked by Marquess of Lothian (Conservative) on Wednesday, 15 October 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 17 October 2008. It was answered by Bob Ainsworth (Labour) on Tuesday, 21 October 2008 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Departmental Information and Communications Technology

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department spent on upgrading its IT in each of the last three financial years.

Answer: The spend incurred in upgrading the Ministry of Defence's IT in each of the last three financial years varied from purchasing single computers and software licences to undertaking major IT programmes, such as the defence information infrastructure. The spend on all individual Departmental IT upgrades, and separating these upgrade costs from ongoing IT support expenditure, in each of the last three financial years could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

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