Source · Select Committees · Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
Recommendation 23
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Legacy systems present huge efficiency, cost and security risks, and it is therefore deeply concerning...
Conclusion
Legacy systems present huge efficiency, cost and security risks, and it is therefore deeply concerning that government still does not know the full scale of the problem. While it may be difficult for ministers to argue in favour of spending public funds on systems that still (just about) work, if legacy systems are not remediated, the government’s digital transformation ambitions will struggle to succeed. (Conclusion, Paragraph 78)