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Information released on 11 July 2006

Summary of the information requested
Information, communication and technology (ICT) figures for the past four years in the following areas:

• Total annual spend on ICT

• Annual spend on hardware

• Annual spend on software

• Annual spend on telephony

• Annual spend on additional external services such as support

Information supplied
Table 1 (9kb pdf) lists total annual VLA expenditure for 2002/03 to 2005/06 and total VLA budgets for 2006/07 in the following areas:

• Hardware

• Software

• Telephony

• External services

Table 2 (6kb pdf) lists the figures for VLA's Information Technology Unit expenditure for 2005/06 in the following areas:

• Hardware

• Software

• Telephony

• External services

It is not possible to reconcile both tables together because some project (non-IT) expenditure may be employed on IT supplier/contracts.

The Annual Review pages provide further information on VLA’s annual income and expenditure for the years 2002/03, 2003/04 and 2004/05.