Department for Transport written question – answered at on 27 April 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many IT systems which his Department uses are more than (a) three, (b) five and (c) eight years old; and what steps he is taking to ensure that all his Department's IT systems are updated promptly.
The Department for Transport (DfT) is made up of a number of constituent parts including DVLA, DVSA, Government Car Service, Maritime and Coastguard Agency as well as DfT(c). In answering the question, we have taken “IT System” to mean “the entirety of a logical contained set-up consisting of associated hardware and software”.
DFT has:
15 Systems over 3 years old
33 Systems over 5 years old
62 Systems over 8 years old
DFT ensures that all systems, regardless of age, are protected.
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No0 people think not
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