HC Deb 17 July 2003 vol 409 cc543-4W
Dr. Pugh

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much he spent on IT(a) maintenance, (b) licences, (c) software and (d) hardware in the last financial year. [125718]

Mr. Browne

In 2002–03, the Department spent £103 million on IT maintenance, although this figure does not include any local service agreements that may have been negotiated outside the central contracts. £4 million was spent on software licences and £142 million was spent on hardware, mostly in connection with the provision of new desktop IT equipment in the Department. Software costs are often not separately identified from the hardware to which they relate.

The above information does not include costs of licenses, software and hardware where these are provided via PFI/PPP service contracts. In these circumstances, the costs form part of the service charge and are not separately identified.