Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to support (a) public sector bodies and (b) local authorities to (i) replace and (ii) upgrade legacy IT systems.

The Government is committed to ensuring that all public sector digital systems are safe, secure and stable. This includes ensuring that legacy systems are effectively managed.

To support this, the Government Digital Service worked closely with HMT throughout the recent spending review to ensure that decisions on funding took into account the need to replace and upgrade legacy IT systems.

The Government Digital Service will now continue to work with organisations across the public sector, including local government, to identify the most effective ways to upgrade or replace legacy services and to share best practice.