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Question follow-through · 34611

Microsoft: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of Microsoft's increase in prices for Office 365.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
28 Feb 2025
Target answer date
5 Mar 2025
Answer
5 Mar 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of Microsoft's increase in prices for Office 365.

  2. 5 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The Department for Business and Trade has not conducted a formal assessment on Microsoft's price increase for Office 365.Microsoft cites the addition of advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities as the main reason for higher prices. Digital techn...

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