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Dept for Transport

Answer

Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport 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. [130682] Mr. McNulty: Since 2000 there have been two Machinery of Government changes affecting what is now the Department of Transport. As a result the number of staff has changed considerably. It is not possible to analyse the total cost of licensing to identify where the costs were incurred on behalf of what is now DfT. Therefore the figures given for DfT(c) reflect spend by the Department as it was at the time. The amount paid to MicroSoft for the last three years is: Spend (£) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Organisation 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 Centre of the Department DETR 171,300 -- -- DTLR -- 198,400 DfT -- -- 307,500 Driver and Vehicle Licensing n/a 459,900 489,400 Agency Driving Standards Agency 7,900 over two years 81,000 Highways Agency 640,000 580,000 175,000 Maritime and Coastguard Agency 0 0 291,000 Vehicle Certification Agency 3,170 3,260 9,380 Vehicle and Operator Services 100,000 100,000 136,400 Agency (Previously Vehicle Inspectorate and Traffic Area Network) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Budgets for spend in the current year, 2003-04, and future years are withheld on the grounds of commercial confidentiality.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

130682; 410 c886-7W;410 c884-5W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Software Department for Transport Finance Fees and charges Licensing Expenditure Government departments Microsoft

Link

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