Written question asked by Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 12 September 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 October 2003. It was answered by Hilary Benn (Labour) on Monday, 6 October 2003 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Dept for International Development

Question: To ask the Minister of State, Department for International Development, how much was paid to Microsoft in licensing fees by his Department and its agencies in each of the last three years; and how much has been budgeted for (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05. - Includes figures and table.

Answer: Norman Lamb: To ask the Minister of State, Department for International Development how much was paid to Microsoft in licensing fees by his Department and its agencies in each of the last three years; and how much has been budgeted for (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05. [130672] Hilary Benn: DFID undertook a major upgrade of its systems in the period 2000-02 and the resulting licence fees paid to Microsoft takes account of this. The figures are: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ 2000-01 223,4511 2001-02 162,849 2002-03 55,000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 includes ASSIST 2000 Upgrade Project licence fees Our budgets for future years (providing we continue with Microsoft) will be approximately £60,000 for both 2003/04 and 2004/05.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 130672; 410 c1015W;410 c1013W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Software Department for International Development Finance Fees and charges Licensing Expenditure Government departments Microsoft
Contains statistics: Yes
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