Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of their software assets to ascertain usage, year-over-year spend and potential dependencies for the purpose of realising maximum cost efficiencies for digital transformation.

The Digital Commercial Centre of Excellence is pursuing multiple strategies to improve value for money and outcomes in digital purchasing, including development of a digital sourcing strategy, central buying of commodity services, creation of technical enablers and joined up management of strategic digital suppliers.

Through our digital sourcing strategy and digital supplier management we will engage with suppliers to ensure appropriate licensing to achieve our digital transformation outcomes.