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Written Question
Treasury: ICT
Monday 8th January 2024

Asked by: Matt Rodda (Labour - Reading Central)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answers of 29 November 2023 to Question 3658 and 11 December 2023 to Question 5608, for what reason the information could only be provided on 29 November 2023.

Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

Detailed information held about Red Rated Systems is sensitive and can not be disclosed due to security considerations. However, as of 06 December 2023, HMRC as a Non-Ministerial Department has 4 red-rated legacy IT systems as defined in the CDDO legacy IT Risk Assessment Framework.


Written Question
Revenue and Customs: ICT
Monday 11th December 2023

Asked by: Matt Rodda (Labour - Reading Central)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 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 HMRC as of 6 December 2023.

Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

The information held about Red Rated Systems is sensitive and can not be disclosed due to security considerations.


Written Question
Treasury: ICT
Wednesday 29th November 2023

Asked by: Matt Rodda (Labour - Reading Central)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 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 Gareth Davies - Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

There are no red-rated IT systems used in His Majesty’s Treasury.


Written Question
Treasury: ICT
Wednesday 29th November 2023

Asked by: Matt Rodda (Labour - Reading Central)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 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 Gareth Davies - Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

Given there are so many definitions of IT infrastructure, we are unable to provide comprehensive data without clarification on the type of spend.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Nov 2022
Finance Bill

"Can the Minister update the Committee on what research is being carried out by her colleagues in Government on the future impact of this measure? There has been a healthy take-up of electric vehicles so far, but she has not mentioned the future...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Nov 2022
Finance Bill

"I thank the Minister for her extensive description of the current policy, but it still appears that the Government are not yet planning to assess the likely decline in the take-up of electric vehicles as a result of the tax changes. Will she please write to me to clarify the …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 30 Nov 2022
Greening the Financial System

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bone. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield, Hallam (Olivia Blake) for securing today’s important debate, and I commend colleagues from across the House for their contributions. We are speaking about the most important issue facing humanity and …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 30 Nov 2022
Greening the Financial System

"My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. I just want to draw out some detail in relation to that final point from my constituency. It is a tragedy that the Government have made that mistake, because there are many people—often older people—living in terraced houses who do not have …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 28 Nov 2022
Finance Bill

"My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Is he, like me, thinking about all the people who wrongly profited from selling personal protective equipment to the Government and the lack of proper assessment of some of those offers of help and the lack of proper procurement processes being followed? …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 19 Oct 2022
Economic Responsibility and a Plan for Growth

"It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Swansea West (Geraint Davies). I speak in support of the points made by the shadow Chancellor and a number of hon. Members from across the House. I will cover three brief points in the time available: reflect on …..."
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