Government Spends £1.9 Billion Annually on Microsoft – Guido Fawkes

Government Spends £1.9 Billion Annually on Microsoft

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The government is spending £1.9 billion a year on Microsoft licences. That is under a discount agreement…

In response to a written parliamentary question Cabinet Office minister Georgia Gould said:

“the Crown Commercial Service (CCS), an executive agency of the Cabinet Office, manages the Strategic Partnership Arrangement 2024 (SPA24) with Microsoft.
Approximately £1.9 billion has been spent on Microsoft software licences via third-party resellers in the financial year 2024/25. This spend is through SPA24 and its predecessor DTA-21. These agreements enable all eligible UK public sector organisations to access discounted pricing on a range of Microsoft products.”

£40 per voter. For that you could:

• Reverse the Farm Tax four times.
• Fill 26.4 million potholes.
• Hire 72,150 British army privates.

Quite the sum. The taxpayer may have a view on which should be prioritised…