The department in charge of protecting the environment must update its IT systems, a spending watchdog says.
Outdated IT systems are damaging the work of the government department in charge of protecting the environment and supporting farmers, MPs say.according to the public accounts committeeAnd many of its computers are expensive to maintain and at risk of crashes and security breaches, the MPs warn.Of that, £366m was meant to be used to bring the department's IT systems up to date.
It explained that the system was too old to run on the operating system used by many newer devices, and vets had to buy old laptops on eBay to be able to run Defra's programme. According to the public accounts committee, Defra has made good progress in tackling its legacy systems so far, although it has some of the most out-of-date IT systems in government.
However, 80% of Defra's applications remain either in extended support, where Defra may have to pay additional charges for updates, or are completely unsupported by their supplier increasing the risk of failure or cyber attacks.
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