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Dept of Trade and Industry

Answered by

Douglas Alexander (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

3 March 2005

Reference

431 c1096-7

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

Answered by

Douglas Alexander (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

3 March 2005

Reference

431 c1096-7

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on her policy with regard to European legislation on software patents.

Asked by

Desmond Swayne (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

3 March 2005

Reference

431 c1096-7; 219472

House

House of Commons

Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many cases of computer misuse there were in his Department in (a) 1997 and (b) 2003, broken down by category of misuse; and how many of those cases resulted in disciplinary action. - Inc figure and fact that the information requested...

Asked by

Steve Webb (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Cabinet Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 March 2004

Reference

419 c848W;419 c849-50W; 163275

House

House of Commons

Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what audit mechanisms are in place to determine whether information technology (a) hardware and (b) software products are being used properly in his Department.

Asked by

Lord Allan of Hallam

Answering body

Cabinet Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 February 2004

Reference

417 c1047-8W;417 c1047W; 150929

House

House of Commons

Cabinet Office;Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was paid to Microsoft in licensing fees by the Cabinet Office and its agencies in each of the last three years; and how much has been budgeted for (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05. - Inc figures and table.

Asked by

Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Cabinet Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

12 September 2003

For answer on

18 November 2003

Answered on

18 November 2003

Norman Lamb: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much was paid to Microsoft in licensing fees by the Cabinet Office and its agencies in each of the last three years; and how much has been budgeted for (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05. [130670] Mr. Alexander: My Department's accounting systems do not capture comprehensive information on expenditure on specific types of software licences. Expenditure1 on Microsoft licensing fees that can be identified is as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ 2000-01 3,456,829 2001-02 392,719 2002-03 459,464 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. In 2000-01, £3.3 million of expenditure related to the purchase of microsoft licences in connection with the Government Gateway project. The Government Gateway is an IT infrastructure which was developed as part of the strategy for delivering electronic Government. It enables electronic transactions between Government, citizens and businesses in a secure, customer-focused and joined-up way. Detailed information on budgets for the purchase of Microsoft software in 2003-04 and 2004-05 is not available. 1 Figures exclude licences purchased on behalf of the Cabinet Office by IT service providers.

Date

18 November 2003

Reference

130670; 413 c738W

House

House of Commons

Cabinet Office;Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many electronic red boxes are in use; what has been the total cost of introducing such boxes; and what savings have resulted.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Cabinet Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 October 2003

Reference

129260; 411 c12W;411 c26W

House

House of Commons

Cabinet Office;Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Cabinet Office spent on (a) IT hardware, (b) software and (c) maintenance in 2002-03. - Inc figures.

Asked by

John Pugh (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Cabinet Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 September 2003

Reference

124432; 410 c800W;410 c797W

House

House of Commons

Cabinet Office;Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what studies he is undertaking and what action he is taking to encourage the private sector to develop e-government services; and if he will make a statement. - Includes ref to public consultation at www.e-envoy.gov.uk/intermediaries.

Asked by

Greg Knight (Conservative)

Answering body

Cabinet Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

18 June 2003

For answer on

24 June 2003

Answered on

24 June 2003

Mr. Greg Knight: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what studies he is undertaking and what action he is taking to encourage the private sector to develop e-government services; and if he will make a statement. [121208] Mr. Alexander: The Government have a wide engagement with the private sector to develop e-government services. The use of private sector ICT products and services to develop and deliver e-government services is well established. The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) runs a programme of work to foster the effective and efficient procurement of products and services to meet Government's needs. Assessment trials of the common IT vocabulary (known as XML) are underway to find the most effective way to allow buyers' and suppliers' computers, running different procurement software packages, to `talk to each other'. This is a joint initiative from the OGC and the Business Applications Software Developers Association (BASDA). Importantly, the move will enable easier access to the government marketplace for Small and Medium Enterprises. Also, as part of the e-government delivery programme, the Office of the e-envoy is responsible for the e-government intermediaries policy. This policy looks towards creating a mixed economy where government, private and voluntary sectors come together to deliver e-government services that better meet the demands of the citizen. A public consultation is currently underway and will conclude on 21 August 2003: http://www.e-envoy.gov.uk/intermediaries. The e-envoy also runs an industry consultation group which looks into issues affecting the development of e-government services, drawing in industry views.

Date

24 June 2003

Reference

121208; 407 c661-2W;407 c663-4W

House

House of Commons

Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what action his Department is taking to increase confidence in government departments in moving to open source operating systems and programmes. - Inc ref to DTI supported report for OpenForum Europe, 'Market Perception Analysis of Open Source Software'.

Asked by

Brian Jenkins (Labour)

Answering body

Cabinet Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 June 2003

Reference

116658; 406 c891W;406 c893W

House

House of Commons

Cabinet Office

Answered by

Douglas Alexander (Labour)

Answering body

Cabinet Office

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

17 December 2002

Reference

396 c690

House

House of Commons

Cabinet Office

Statement on what the Government policy is on the use of open source software to enable increased value for money in IT procurements across the public sector.

Asked by

Geraint Davies (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Cabinet Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

22 July 2002

For answer on

22 July 2002

Answered on

22 July 2002

Geraint Davies: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the Government policy is on the use of open source software to enable increased value for money in IT procurements across the public sector. [72633] Mr. Alexander: This Government is intent on securing the best value for money in its IT procurements by encouraging the development of a flourishing IT industry which supplies both proprietary and open source software solutions to the public sector. Government procurement decisions will be based on the ability of the solutions to deliver effective and economic systems and services. I am pleased to announce new policy on the use of open source software within UK Government. It explains how we will consider open source software solutions alongside proprietary ones in IT procurements and award contracts on a value for money basis, seeking to avoid lock-in to proprietary IT products and services. In addition, the UK Government will consider obtaining full rights to bespoke software code or customisations of COTS (Commercial Off the Shelf) software it procures, wherever this achieves best value for money. It will also explore further the possibilities of using OSS as the default exploitation route for Government-funded R&D software. The open source software policy has been formulated for use within UK Government because we seek to embrace the fast moving pace of the software industry and to acknowledge the clear potential for open source software to change the software infrastructure marketplace. It also serves as an appropriate response to the recent European Commission's Action Plan for the initiative eEurope--an information society for all. UK Government, in joining with its European partners to explore the availability of open source software solutions, will seek to realise the significant potential for cost-savings in the future and to achieve an increased flexibility in the development, enhancement and integration of our IT systems.

Date

22 July 2002

Reference

72633; 389 c725W

House

House of Commons

Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is towards using open source software; and what percentage is used in his Department.

Asked by

Brian White (Labour)

Answering body

Cabinet Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 July 2002

Reference

69318; 389 c84W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the impact of computer hardware suppliers tying their customers to a particular software operating system, with particular reference to small businesses.

Asked by

Brian White (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 January 2002

Reference

377 c970W;377 c972W; 24514

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures her Department has taken to ensure that United States law does not affect trade in software in the United Kingdom; and if she will make a statement; what action she has taken in respect of the impact of...

Asked by

Adrian Sanders (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 July 2001

Reference

372 c38-9W; 3712;3742;3710;3426

House

House of Commons

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