Question follow-through · 109124
Government Departments: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to HCWS1249, what estimate he has made of the number of legacy digital systems in use across government; what timetable exists for decommissioning the highest-risk system
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 28 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 9 Feb 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to HCWS1249, what estimate he has made of the number of legacy digital systems in use across government; what timetable exists for decommissioning the highest-risk system
3 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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9 Feb 2026
Answer published
The most recent assessment of the scale of legacy systems across the public sector was conducted as part of the State of Digital Government Review, which found that 28% of public sector systems were identified as legacy IT. Individual departments remain r...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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