The government spent £7.57bn on IT, networking and related costs last year, excluding staff costs, according to figures released by the Office of Government Commerce (OGC).
The biggest single spend, £2.33bn, was on outsourced and managed services. The next biggest bill was for telecommunications (£1.41bn), followed by networking (£1.3bn), software (£903m), systems delivery (£570m), hardware (£440m), maintenance and support (£334m), and uncategorised items (£314m).
Out of 127 government departments, the biggest spenders were local authorities (£1.51bn), the Ministry of Defence (£1.51bn), the Department for Work & Pensions (£947m), Revenue & Customs (£809m), and the Home Office (£617m).
Other heavy-spending departments were Justice, Transport, Health, and the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.
UK government IT spending 2009
| Organisational Family | Organisation | Hardware | Maintenance & Support | Managed / Outsourced Services | Networking | Software | Systems Delivery | Telecoms | Uncategorised | Grand Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Total | 440.39 | 333.78 | 2,335.92 | 1,253.24 | 902.89 | 570.46 | 1,414.24 | 314 | 7,564.92 | |
| English Local Authorities | English Local Authorities | 167.19 | - | 61.32 | 76.66 | 540.9 | 0.31 | 662.98 | - | 1,509.36 |
| Ministry of Defence | Ministry of Defence | 140.96 | 52.27 | 41.7 | 902.94 | 123.71 | - | 89.18 | 156.7 | 1,507.46 |
| Department for Work and Pensions | Department for Work and Pensions | - | 99.2 | 196.51 | 207.56 | - | 343.99 | 73.19 | 26.32 | 946.77 |
| HM Revenue and Customs | HM Revenue and Customs | 7.8 | 24.39 | 690.38 | 8.78 | 44.09 | - | 29.92 | - | 805.38 |
| Home Office | Home Office | 11.2 | 38.16 | 238.84 | 1.93 | 9.6 | 37.42 | 280.22 | - | 617.37 |
| Ministry of Justice | Ministry of Justice | 7.85 | 0.45 | 356.76 | 1.17 | 3.16 | 22.12 | 37.84 | - | 429.33 |
| Department for Transport | Department for Transport | 45.09 | 0.46 | 222.95 | - | 10.85 | 0.06 | 97.09 | 20.93 | 397.43 |
| Department of Health | Department of Health | 3.67 | 1.24 | 237.75 | 39.05 | 16.6 | 0.4 | 2.62 | 4.18 | 305.52 |
| Foreign & Commonwealth Office | Foreign & Commonwealth Office | 3.78 | 4.4 | 45.28 | 0.5 | 3.48 | 9.53 | 40.72 | - | 107.7 |
| Defra - Core | 0.54 | 3.31 | 41.52 | 54.79 | - | 3.34 | - | 103.5 |
