The government spent £7.57 billion on IT, networking and related costs last year, excluding staff costs, according to figures released by the Office of Government Commerce, says ComputerWeekly.
The biggest single spending cost, £2.33 billion, was on outsourced and managed services. The next biggest bill was for telecoms (£1.41 billion), followed by networking (£1.3 billion), software (£903 million), systems delivery (£570 million), and hardware (£440 million), among others.
Out of 127 government departments, the biggest spenders were local authorities, the Ministry of Defence (£1.51 billion), the Department for Work & Pensions (£947 million), Revenue & Customs (£809 million), and the Home Office (£617 million).
Source:http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=35313:outsourcing-tops-govts-it-bill&catid=69&Itemid=58
