Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to implement the guidance set out by the Government Commercial Function in its paper entitled Exiting Major IT Contracts: Guidance for Departments, published in November 2017, in respect of (a) using market engagement, (b) setting up disaggregation work, (c) risk assessment, (d) developing a programme plan through the transition, (e) identifying the skills and capabilities that will be needed in the future and (f) any other work related to that guidance.

DCMS has a partnering arrangement for IT services with the Cabinet Office, where Cabinet Office provides IT infrastructure and services directly to DCMS. Through this arrangement Cabinet Office monitors and reviews contract and supplier performance, and is implementing Government Commericlal Function advice. DCMS has developed an IT strategy that considers our needs and requirements as a department, including the capabilities we need, and we will deliver this in conjunction with the Cabinet Office.