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Assessments: Software

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 20 January 2026UIN 105130

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to her Department's press release entitled Government modernises exam records with new app published on 8 January 2026, what estimate her Department has made of the ongoing costs of maintaining and hos

Answered by Josh MacAlister

The department estimates running costs of approximately £1 million per year, based on staff, systems used to store and manage data, and software licences.

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