Written question asked by Brian White (Labour) on Tuesday, 9 July 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 July 2002. It was answered by Douglas Alexander (Labour) on Monday, 15 July 2002 on behalf of the Cabinet Office.

Cabinet Office

Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is towards using open source software; and what percentage is used in his Department.

Answer: Brian White: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what his policy is towards using open source software; and what percentage is used in his Department. [69318] Mr. Alexander: It is planned to publish the policy on the use of open source software within the UK Government in summer 2002. The Cabinet Office will implement this policy. A draft version of the policy went out to consultation between December 2001 and March 2002 and is available for viewing on Govtalk (www.govtalk.gov.uk). There are no statistics currently available on the percentage of open source software use in the Cabinet Office.

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