Written question asked by Jon Trickett (Labour) on Friday, 15 December 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 19 December 2017. It was answered by Greg Hands (Conservative) on Wednesday, 27 December 2017 on behalf of the Department for International Trade.

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Department for International Trade: ICT

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps his Department is taking to implement the guidance set out by the Government Commercial Function in its paper entitled Exiting Major IT Contracts: Guidance for Departments, published in November 2017, in respect of (a) using market engagement, (b) setting up disaggregation work, (c) risk assessment, (d) developing a programme plan through the transition, (e) identifying the skills and capabilities that will be needed in the future and (f) any other work related to that guidance.

Answer

The Department for International Trade’s (DIT) core IT is provided by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).

BEIS is currently transforming their service which will continue to be provided to DIT.

DIT do not hold any IT contracts over £20m, however DIT seeks to apply the principles contained within the guidance proportionately to any IT contracts wherever possible.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

119858

Session

2017-19

Subjects

ICT Procurement Department for International Trade

Link

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