§ Brian WhiteTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what his policy is towards using open source software; and what percentage is used in his Department. [69321]
§ Yvette CooperThe Lord Chancellor's Department ICT Strategy (www.courtservice.gov.uk/info/reps/ict_strategy.pdf) is committed to the use of open standards and the Department will follow the Government policy on the use of Open Source Software which is due to be published later in the summer. The draft policy on this subject is currently available at http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/rfc/rfc_docu ment.asp?doc num=429.
No percentage figures are available for usage within the Department, however the current deployment of Open Source Software is limited to a small number of specialist applications.