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1003884

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what framework is used by Government when deciding whether digital projects should be completed in-house or contracted out.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	189825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <blockquote>There is no specific framework that government uses to decide whether a digital project should be completed in-house or contracted out.</blockquote><blockquote> </blockquote><blockquote>Government uses the principles of the HMT Green Book guidance, supplementary guidance (such as the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-green-book-appraisal-and-evaluation-in-central-governent/agile-digital-and-it-projects-clarification-of-business-case-guidance" target="_blank">Agile digital and IT projects</a>), and the 5 case model to scrutinise the costs and benefits of different options to deliver a particular project, including management, commercial and financial aspects. When relevant, some of these options may refer to in-house provision whereas others may refer to outsourcing.</blockquote><blockquote> </blockquote><blockquote>The preferred option will be selected on the basis of value for money and capacity to meet the project objectives.</blockquote> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 28/11/2018 14:28:44 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1093492

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which projects within the Government Major Project Portfolio are categorised as ICT projects.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	235741
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>Data on projects within the Government Major Project Portfolio (GMPP) is published annually, most recently in July 2018. GMPP projects are categorised as ICT based on the main element of the project but there will be other projects with an ICT component. As of July 2018 the 29 projects within the GMPP categorised as ICT projects are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>IT Infrastructure Sourcing Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS e-Referral Service</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Echo 2 Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Digital Services at the Border</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Future Beyond Line Of Sight</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Style of Information Technology (Base)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CJS Common Platform</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Land Charges (LLC) Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Government as a Platform</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gov UK Verify</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DEFRA UNITY PROGRAMME</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health &amp; Social Care Network</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CUSTOMS DECLARATION SERVICES (CDS) Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Making Tax Digital for Business</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Technology Platforms for Tomorrow</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Metis Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Immigration Platform Technologies (IPT)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Law Enforcement Data Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Justice System Exchange Re-provisioning</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Future IT Sourcing Programme (FITS)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IT Transformation Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foxhound Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHSmail 2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Data Services Development Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Technology Overhaul</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Columbus (formerly Aspire Replacement Programme)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Communications Capabilities Development Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Home Office Biometrics Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shared Services (ISSC2) Evolve</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 28/03/2019 14:54:21 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1458900

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will review the appropriateness of arrangements and guidance on the use of WhatsApp and other electronic communications to conduct Government business with reference to (a) security, (b) transparency and (c) accountability.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	156569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>Government has arrangements and guidance in place for the management of all electronic communications. As with all guidance, this is kept under review and updated as necessary. We are currently awaiting the judgement in legal proceedings in relation to government policy in this area. As such, I am not able to comment any further at this time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 25/04/2022 17:02:06 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1567818

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether providers of IT cloud infrastructure to Government bodies are required to report on their investment in R&D in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	125341
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>There is not a contractual requirement for IT cloud infrastructure providers to report on R&amp;D investment. This is mainly due to cloud providers operating outside of the classical, managed outsourcing model. The cloud providers do, however, publish information on their investment activities in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 25/01/2023 17:54:47 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1580922

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2023 to Question 125341 on Government Departments: ICT, where cloud providers publish information on their investment activities in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	132401
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>While there is no statutory requirement for cloud providers to publish information on their investment activities in the UK, they regularly publish a range of information in the public domain, for example on company websites and blogs.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 30/01/2023 17:15:44 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1665386

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of Government spending on legacy IT systems 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Reading East
	tabling member printed	Matt Rodda
	uin	203101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>Through the work the Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) is currently undertaking we are seeking to develop an overview of the magnitude of the legacy estate initially across ministerial departments.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>CDDO has established a programme to support the Government remediating its legacy technology, resulting in a new risk-based framework designed to assess legacy IT assets within government departments. Through this legacy framework CDDO has collated a list of the highest risk systems across ministerial departments and followed up on this to ensure that they all have appropriate funding and remediation plans in place.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>CDDO is building a community of practice across government for legacy remediation which will enable the capture of lessons learnt and best practice for dissemination and sharing cross-government to accelerate legacy remediation. This will enable CDDO to create an overview of the magnitude of the legacy estate initially across Ministerial Departments.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The cost to the public purse of external contractors used to maintain legacy IT estate cross-government is not centrally held.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government is unable to provide an estimate for the whole of government in relation to the years specified, as this is a devolved matter for individual departments and their Accounting Officers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 203102 203103 203104 question first answered 20/10/2023 13:10:46 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4654 label Biography information for Matt Rodda

1665389

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to replace legacy IT systems; and what the estimated expenditure on replacing those systems is.
	tabling member constituency	Reading East
	tabling member printed	Matt Rodda
	uin	203102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>Through the work the Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) is currently undertaking we are seeking to develop an overview of the magnitude of the legacy estate initially across ministerial departments.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>CDDO has established a programme to support the Government remediating its legacy technology, resulting in a new risk-based framework designed to assess legacy IT assets within government departments. Through this legacy framework CDDO has collated a list of the highest risk systems across ministerial departments and followed up on this to ensure that they all have appropriate funding and remediation plans in place.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>CDDO is building a community of practice across government for legacy remediation which will enable the capture of lessons learnt and best practice for dissemination and sharing cross-government to accelerate legacy remediation. This will enable CDDO to create an overview of the magnitude of the legacy estate initially across Ministerial Departments.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The cost to the public purse of external contractors used to maintain legacy IT estate cross-government is not centrally held.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government is unable to provide an estimate for the whole of government in relation to the years specified, as this is a devolved matter for individual departments and their Accounting Officers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 203101 203103 203104 question first answered 20/10/2023 13:10:46 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4654 label Biography information for Matt Rodda

1665390

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what was the cost to the public purse of external contractors used to maintain legacy IT systems in the most recent period for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Reading East
	tabling member printed	Matt Rodda
	uin	203103
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>Through the work the Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) is currently undertaking we are seeking to develop an overview of the magnitude of the legacy estate initially across ministerial departments.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>CDDO has established a programme to support the Government remediating its legacy technology, resulting in a new risk-based framework designed to assess legacy IT assets within government departments. Through this legacy framework CDDO has collated a list of the highest risk systems across ministerial departments and followed up on this to ensure that they all have appropriate funding and remediation plans in place.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>CDDO is building a community of practice across government for legacy remediation which will enable the capture of lessons learnt and best practice for dissemination and sharing cross-government to accelerate legacy remediation. This will enable CDDO to create an overview of the magnitude of the legacy estate initially across Ministerial Departments.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The cost to the public purse of external contractors used to maintain legacy IT estate cross-government is not centrally held.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government is unable to provide an estimate for the whole of government in relation to the years specified, as this is a devolved matter for individual departments and their Accounting Officers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 203101 203102 203104 question first answered 20/10/2023 13:10:46 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4654 label Biography information for Matt Rodda

1665395

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the (a) number of items and (b) cost to the public purse of Government IT equipment introduced in the (i) 1980's, (ii) 1990's and (iii) 2000's.
	tabling member constituency	Reading East
	tabling member printed	Matt Rodda
	uin	203104
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>Through the work the Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) is currently undertaking we are seeking to develop an overview of the magnitude of the legacy estate initially across ministerial departments.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>CDDO has established a programme to support the Government remediating its legacy technology, resulting in a new risk-based framework designed to assess legacy IT assets within government departments. Through this legacy framework CDDO has collated a list of the highest risk systems across ministerial departments and followed up on this to ensure that they all have appropriate funding and remediation plans in place.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>CDDO is building a community of practice across government for legacy remediation which will enable the capture of lessons learnt and best practice for dissemination and sharing cross-government to accelerate legacy remediation. This will enable CDDO to create an overview of the magnitude of the legacy estate initially across Ministerial Departments.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The cost to the public purse of external contractors used to maintain legacy IT estate cross-government is not centrally held.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government is unable to provide an estimate for the whole of government in relation to the years specified, as this is a devolved matter for individual departments and their Accounting Officers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 203101 203102 203103 question first answered 20/10/2023 13:10:46 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4654 label Biography information for Matt Rodda

1684130

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the National Security Council has received briefings on red-rated legacy computer systems used by Government departments in the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	10820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>The National Security Council (NSC) is a committee of Cabinet and is bound by the same rules and conventions as all Cabinet Committees. Information about discussions that have taken place in Cabinet and its Committees are not normally publicly shared.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 29/01/2024 17:22:19 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

1685139

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) budget and (b) spending was on remediation of legacy IT systems across central Government in each of the last three years; and what proportion of the overall digital and technology budget for central Government does this spending represent.
	tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
	tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
	uin	11497
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2024 answer text <p>Individual departmental spending on the remediation of legacy IT systems is the responsibility of each department.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 31/01/2024 12:23:20 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
	tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

1686424

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what criteria his Department uses to determine the security standard of hardware devices before they are purchased by Government.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	12424
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government Cyber Security Standard requires government organisations to meet or exceed the security outcomes specified in the Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) developed by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). This includes specific security outcomes in relation to the secure configuration and management of devices.</p><p>As the CAF is outcomes-based, it does not specify which commercially available devices meet these security requirements or which vendors government organisations should buy their devices from. That is a matter for government organisations to determine locally, in consultation with their commercial, security and IT teams, based on their organisation’s business needs, risk tolerance and threat profile.</p><p>In addition, in November 2023 we published the cross-government Mobile Device Management policy to help government organisations and their Arms Length Bodies keep their corporately owned mobile devices secure and prevent data breaches. NCSC also provides guidance on how to securely configure devices from each of the most commonly used platforms.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 12425 question first answered 08/02/2024 16:29:21 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1698429

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which legacy IT systems across Government were identified as red-rated by the Central Digital and Data Office.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	20313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>It would be inappropriate to release sensitive information held about specific red-rated systems within departmental IT estates, or information that could allow the assumption of which systems are at risk, as it could highlight potential security weaknesses.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO), in the Cabinet Office, has established a programme to support departments in treating legacy. CDDO has agreed a framework to identify ‘red-rated’ systems, indicating high levels of risk surrounding assets. Departments have committed to have remediation plans in place for these systems by next year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 15/04/2024 16:58:21 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1234936

	registered interest
	date	16/09/2020
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the need to regulate the relationship between technology companies and the Government.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL8185
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s approach to governing digital technologies seeks to drive growth and innovation across the UK, while ensuring the safety and security of the UK's citizens and promoting our democratic values.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Our approach to governing digital technology companies will be pro-innovation, agile and proportionate and we will ensure our regulators are equipped for the digital age. This will build confidence and clarity for businesses and consumers, boost innovation and investment, and reinforce the UK’s position as a global leader in innovation-friendly regulation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 29/09/2020 11:50:15 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1683957

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to introduce legislation to require Government departments to inform those affected of any errors and flaws found in the computer information systems that they operate.
	tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
	uin	HL1818
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p>There are no plans to introduce new legislation to inform affected citizens of errors in computing and information systems operated by the government. There is existing legislation in the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) pertaining to personal data which protects individuals.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 05/02/2024 12:04:22 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka