Department for Culture, Media and Sport: ICT
(asked on 21st November 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what is the annual cost to the public purse of her Department's expenditure on (a) IT infrastructure, (b) IT infrastructure purchased prior to 2013 and (c) legacy IT infrastructure for each year since 2010.
The annual cost (Financial Year) to the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) on IT Infrastructure are:
IT Infrastructure (FY 2022-23) - £1,838,272
IT Infrastructure - pre 2013 - £nil*
Legacy IT Infrastructure - £nil**
The DCMS Technology service is 100% cloud based, adopting a consumption based delivery model, consuming predominantly Software as a Service (SaaS) & Platform as a service (PaaS), services.
The DCMS Technology Service was established in 2021, there is no legacy infrastructure, all services have been transformed as part of the initial transformation programme undertaken in 2021.
As of 21 November 2023, DCMS has zero (0) red-rated IT systems.
* DCMS Technology Service was established in 2021, prior to the service existing, IT services were provided through a Shared IT service model, delivered through the Cabinet Office.
** The DCMS Technology Service is relatively new, there is no legacy infrastructure due to the service model being 100% cloud based, adopting a Software as a Service (SaaS) based consume delivery model.