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<p> </p><p>As I outlined to the rt. hon. Member in my answer to him of 29 January
2014, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 600W, the programme replaces computers which
are seven years old, and also upgrades the systems from Windows XP which is no longer
being formally supported by Microsoft with security patches.</p><p>The last Administration
failed to get value for taxpayers' money due to poor management of IT contracts. Indeed,
the Department published a contract tender in December 2009 for a desktop IT programme
costing up to £160 million. This was subsequently cancelled under this Government
as part of our wider reduction in departmental spending and reconfiguration of IT
procurement policy.</p><p>The fact that we have delivered a 40 per cent saving on
our IT costs is an example of how all parts of the public sector can deliver sensible
savings through better procurement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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