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Department of Health and Social Care: Microsoft

Asked by Samantha NiblettLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 18 December 2025UIN 99601

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of spending on Microsoft software licenses and services between (a) 4 December 2024 and 5 December 2025 and (b) 4 December 2023 and 5 December 2024 was allocated to (i) new service implementations and (ii) renewal and maintenance of existing systems.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The following table shows the proportion of spending on Microsoft software licenses and services between 4 December 2024 and 5 December 2025, and between 4 December 2023 and 5 December 2024 that was allocated to new service implementations and renewal, and to the maintenance of existing systems:

Period

New service implementations

Renewal and maintenance of existing systems

4 December 2024 to 5 December 2025

15.2%

84.8%

4 December 2023 to 5 December 2024

0%

100%

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