Question follow-through · 65083
Government Departments: ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has undertaken a cross-Government audit of legacy systems to inform the prioritisation of modernisation efforts.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 4 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 14 Jul 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has undertaken a cross-Government audit of legacy systems to inform the prioritisation of modernisation efforts.
8 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Jul 2025
Answer published
The last survey of legacy systems was conducted in 2024. The scale of legacy varies by organisation and is not consistently measured, but it is estimated to comprise 28% of systems in central government departments in 2024, an increase from 26% in 2023.Go...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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