§ Dr. PughTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much she spent on IT(a) maintenance, (b) licences, (c) software and (d) hardware in the last financial year. [125717]
§ Alun MichaelDuring the financial year 2002–03, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (excluding Agencies and NDPBs) spent £6,225,184 on IT maintenance, £308,342 on licences, £3,910,025 on proprietary software and £12,088,211 on hardware (including operating system software on PCs and servers and first year maintenance where appropriate). The software spend includes some licence costs, which cannot easily be identified without disproportionate cost.
These figures include payments to Fujitsu Services Ltd., with whom the Department has a framework contract, of approximately £4,090,033 on IT maintenance, £320,000 for licences, £1,500,000 for proprietary software and £11,866,000 for hardware purchases.