Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2019 to Question 210692 on Public Sector: Computer Software, on what dates the Government Digital Service issued cross-Government advice in relation to the conclusion of Windows 7 support in 2020.

Individual technology choices and volumes purchased rest with individual departments. As such, GDS does not provide guidance to departments on specific operating systems, such as Windows 7. Microsoft provides guidance for its operating systems should departments need specific information.