Question follow-through · 40644
Cabinet Office: Computers
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the median age is of computers issued to officials in their Department.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 24 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 26 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 2 Apr 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the median age is of computers issued to officials in their Department.
26 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Apr 2025
Answer published
The median age for currently deployed computers is 4.5 years for MacBook and 5 years for Windows devices.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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