Question follow-through · 18934
Government Departments: ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the oral evidence to the Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee of 3 December 2024, HC 504, whether the moratorium on government IT procurement decisions
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 10 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 16 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 20 Dec 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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10 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the oral evidence to the Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee of 3 December 2024, HC 504, whether the moratorium on government IT procurement decisions
16 Dec 2024
Target answer date
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20 Dec 2024
Answer published
The moratorium on government IT procurement decisions over £1m (now known as the Digital Assurance Gateway) is still in place. The Integrated Corporate Services Digital Assurance Team and Central Digital and Data Office have considered 11 spend requests f...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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