Asked by: Matt Rodda (Labour - Reading Central)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much their Department spent on (a) current and (b) legacy IT infrastructure (i) in total and (ii) purchased in 2013 or earlier in each of the last three years.
Answered by Steve Baker
On current IT infrastructure, the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) spent a total of £1.358m over the last three years. This can be broken down as £475k in financial year 23/24, £428k in financial year 22/23, and £455k in financial year 21/22. The NIO has no legacy IT infrastructure and no IT infrastructure purchased in 2013 or earlier.
Asked by: Matt Rodda (Labour - Reading Central)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the guidance by the Central Digital and Data Office entitled Guidance on the Legacy IT Risk Assessment Framework, published on 29 September 2023, how many red-rated IT systems are used by their Department.
Answered by Steve Baker
As of 21 November 2023, the Northern Ireland Office has zero red-rated legacy IT systems as defined in the Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) Legacy IT Risk Assessment Framework.