In the 2021 Spending Review, Defra received £871 million for digital investment for 2021–2025, of which £366 million was to address legacy issues and bring its systems up to date. The remainder was for investment in the Future Farming and Countryside and borders and trade programmes which were needed to support EU Exit as well as flood- related IT.45 Defra received 58% of the funding it bid for in the 2021 Spending Review. According to Defra, this was sufficient funding to resolve some major ...

In the 2021 Spending Review, Defra received £871 million for digital investment for 2021–2025, of which £366 million was to address legacy issues and bring its systems up to date. The remainder was for investment in the Future Farming and Countryside and borders and trade programmes which were needed to support EU Exit as well as flood- related IT.45 Defra received 58% of the funding it bid for in the 2021 Spending Review. According to Defra, this was sufficient funding to resolve some major operational and cyber risks and automation, but not enough to fund a broader digital transformation of all legacy services. For example, it aims to digit Type: conclusion | Number: 21 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: September 2024. Defra is fully supportive of the government’s 2025 roadmap Transforming for a Digital Future, which was deliberately designed to be deliverable within Spending