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Written question asked by Brian White (Labour) on Tuesday, 9 July 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 19 September 2002. It was answered by Hazel Blears (Labour) on Thursday, 19 September 2002 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Dept of Health

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is towards using open source software; and what percentage is used in his Department.
Answer

Brian White: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his policy is towards using open source software; and what percentage is used in his Department. [69307] Ms Blears: The Department does not deploy open source software on its information technology network and the current policy is not to use open source software.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
69307; 390 c353W
Session
2001-02
Subjects
Software Computers Government departments Department of Health
Link
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