Question follow-through · 97020
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Microsoft
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much her Department has spent on software licences from Microsoft in the last 12 months; and what proportion this represents of her Department’s total technology spend.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 3 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 16 Dec 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much her Department has spent on software licences from Microsoft in the last 12 months; and what proportion this represents of her Department’s total technology spend.
8 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Dec 2025
Answer published
DSIT spend of £3,044,084.14 for DSIT Microsoft Licences in the last 12 months. We have not provided the proportion of the total technology spend as it is not a separate reporting category within Annual Report and Accounts (ARA).
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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