Written question asked by Lord Kamall (Conservative) on Monday, 16 March 2026, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 30 March 2026. It was answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra (Labour) on Monday, 30 March 2026 on behalf of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
Electronic Government: Expenditure
- Question
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To ask His Majesty's Government how much they have spent on the development, testing, marketing and maintenance of the GOV.UK App to date, broken down by financial year.
- Answer
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The GOV.UK app is in public beta with expenditure met from within the overall budgets of the Government Digital Service (GDS) as part of the wider GOV.UK modernisation activity.
In 25/26 c.£6.2m has been attributed to GOV.UK app and related programme of personalisation and modernisation - this relates to spend on design, build, test and running. There has been no significant spend on marketing of the app, with less than £2k related to reaching private beta testing audiences.
Secondary information
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- HL15599
- Session
- 2024-26
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- Software Expenditure Electronic government
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- Yes
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