DWP is unable to provide a breakdown of the figures requested as this would require a high degree of manual processing to pull the information together centrally.<\/p>
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the guidance by the Central Digital and Data Office entitled Guidance on the Legacy IT Risk Assessment Framework, published on 29 September 2023, how many red-rated IT systems are used by their Department.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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