Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, 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 of the department’s expenditure on IT infrastructure is approximately £200,000, excluding VAT. The department’s current annual expenditure on IT infrastructure purchased prior to 2013 is £0. From 2010, the department’s infrastructure and platforms have not retained historic records on legacy IT infrastructure for each year.

As of 21 November 2023, the department, as a Ministerial department, has one red-rated legacy IT systems as defined in the Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) Legacy IT Risk Assessment Framework. The department is actively managing its legacy IT estate and is seeking to exit legacy systems via its existing change plans.