Mr. Ancram
The Department for Children Schools and Families has spent the following amounts upgrading its IT in each of the last three full financial years.
Financial year £ 2007-08 £5,713,906 2006-07 £7,208,065 2005-06 £9,191,897
The Department has also spent £1,673,073 in the current financial year (2008-09) to date.