Pre-budget report: £300m IT overhaul announced

An IT overhaul of departments will be at the heart of the chancellor of the exchequer's £330m modernisation scheme to achieve key savings by 2011.

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Security technologist Bruce Schneier’s insights and warnings around the regulation of IoT security and forensic cyber psychologist Mary Aiken’s comments around the tensions between encryption and state security were the top highlights of the keynote presentations at Infosecurity Europe 2017 in London.

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The scheme, announced in the 2007 Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review, will involve investing in a modern, high-capacity IT infrastructure in HM Revenue and Customs to support higher take-up of online services, more efficient processing and communication, and better risk-based compliance checks, generating annual net cash-releasing savings of £180m by 2010-11.

It will also involve rationalising HM Treasury's IT estate and full implementation of Group Shared Services, generating annual net cash-releasing savings of £10m by 2010-11.

Procurement savings including travel services and IT and telecoms are expected to realise savings of £14.7m annual net cash-releasing savings by 2010-11.