Written question asked by Nia Griffith (Labour) on Monday, 22 April 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 26 April 2024 (named day). It was answered by James Cartlidge (Conservative) on Tuesday, 14 May 2024 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence: ICT

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 21 of the progress update entitled, Transforming for a Digital Future: Government's 2022 to 25 roadmap for digital and data, published in February 2024, when his Department first assessed each of its red-rated legacy IT systems as red-rated.

Answer: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) assessed its systems against the Cabinet Office criteria for obsolescence from June 2023. This assessment process identified 11 systems as having a red-rating. In accordance with risk management best practice the MOD develops remediation plans to address the red-rated systems. As at the time of publication of the progress update in February 2024, seven systems have fully funded plans, two have partially funded plans, and the remaining two were being addressed. As of today, I can now confirm that the remaining two have identified plans for remediation.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 22925
Session: 2023-24
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP2024-0230
Thursday, 29 February 2024
Deposited papers
House of Lords
House of Commons
Subjects: ICT Ministry of Defence
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