Written question asked by Samantha Niblett (Labour) on Monday, 15 December 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 18 December 2025 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Friday, 19 December 2025. A substantive answer was provided by Karin Smyth (Labour) on Monday, 22 December 2025 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Department of Health and Social Care: Software

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2025 to Question 97018, what proportion of his Department expenditure on Microsoft Software licenses and services was allocated to (a) new service implementations and (b) renewal or maintenance of existing system; and how this compares to the previous year’s expenditure in each category.

Answer

The following table shows the information requested:

Year	New Service Implementations	Renewal and Maintenance of existing Systems
4 December 2024 – 5 December 2025	15.2%	84.8%
4 December 2023 – 5 December 2024	0%	100%

Source: Department of Health and Social Care

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 99951
Session: 2024-26
Related items: Department of Health and Social Care: Microsoft
Thursday, 11 December 2025
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Software Expenditure Microsoft Department of Health and Social Care
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk